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Prescott Passive House: A Tough Sell
The newly completed three-bedroom in Kansas City, Kansas, has room for a family of three or four, Passive House construction, a $190,000 listing price, but no buyer
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Market Perspective on the CT Zero Energy Challenge
A Challenge competitor in Connecticut takes the long view on the marketing potential of energy efficient residential construction
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Preliminaries Underway for Another ZETA Project
Zeta Communities partners with a Sacramento, California, affordable-housing company to design and build infill units for median and low-income households
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Scenes from PACE v. Fannie and Freddie
A lawsuit is threatened, one is filed, and congressmen propose a demonstration project intended to ease concerns over PACE loans’ super-priority lien status
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Tracking Carbon Reduction, Country by Country
Still low on the list, the U.S. improves its ranking for 2009, but Norway earns the top spot overall in an index developed by University College London
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BuildingGreen Founder Honored for Vision and Leadership
Sponsors of the Hanley Award for Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Housing cite Alex Wilson’s pioneering and ongoing commitment to green homebuilding
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Maine’s Carbon Credit Plan, Vermont’s Retrofit “Leverage” Proposal
Successful weatherization programs in both states inspire strategies for financing further energy efficiency projects
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Energy Efficiency Evolution in Western Missouri
A county in a Kansas City suburb considers implementing voluntary guidelines pegged to the ICC-700 National Green Building Standard
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Berkeley’s Stimulus-Funded Energy Efficiency Program
City officials and residents are enthusiastic about ME2, but with only $600,000 in the budget, there likely will be more applicants than participants
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Following Up on a Passive House in the Deep South
Completed in February, the 204House, in Louisiana, passes the big performance test