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L.A.’s Electric Rate Hike and Solar-Power Ambitions
The city’s planned surcharge is aimed at taking the financial sting out of PV installations
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A Big-House Tests Green Cred in Berkeley
The Bay Area town designates as green a planned 6,500-sq.-ft. house, with a 3,400-sq.-ft. garage, kicking off a new round in the green-house/big-house debate
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A DOE Stimulus-Fund Favorite? NZE Research
Oak Ridge and Lawrence Berkeley national laboratories are now geared up to expand their analysis of wall, roof, and framing systems, and other construction technologies
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Pioneering Near-NZE in Abilene
A regional builder and architect combine solar power, energy efficient construction, and other efficiency features in a four-bedroom home in central Texas
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Solving DOE’s Energy Efficiency Puzzle a Piece at a Time
While additional weatherization proposals wait in the wings, the DOE cites measures it has taken to move existing programs along
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Masco’s One-Stop Shopping for Audits, Retrofits
The building products company launches WellHome, a program that offers everything from energy efficiency assessments to upgrade services in one package
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The Ongoing Campaign for “Homestar”
Obama offers details of the home-retrofit strategy unveiled by the White House last fall
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Passivhaus Forum Set for Austria House
The Passivhaus building in Whistler that served as a communications center for the Austrian Olympic Committee will play host to a free green-building forum this month
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Australia Obsesses Over a Weatherization Sideshow
While the federal weatherization program in the U.S. recovers from a slow start, a weatherization initiative in Australia reckons with job-site accidents and an accompanying political circus
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The Do-It-Yourself Home Building Enabler
Alan Rossetto coaches regular people through the construction process — and leaves them with new Energy Star homes