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Limited-Time Offer! Efficiency Incentives for Mainers!
Maine launches stimulus-funded program offering as much as $3,000 per household to encourage energy efficiency improvements. But only the first 4,000 homes that join the program will qualify
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California’s Green Code Approved, but Embraced Tepidly by Some
Environmental groups praise its baseline standards, but some argued against allowing municipalities to adopt stricter standards and local certification systems
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Wanted: Retrofit Strategy for S.F.’s Quirky Housing Mix
San Francisco advances its energy efficiency program for residential retrofits. But the trick will be to make it work for the city’s aging multiunit homes
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Green Builder Does a New Dance with Lenders
Seattle builder Martha Rose reconfigured her approach to banks by taking on a little more risk upfront and marketing her eco-construction prominently
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Rallying for Extension of a Green Builder Tax Credit
A provision of a 2005 energy policy bill offered builders of energy efficient homes a $2,000 tax credit. But the credit expired December 31
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Boulder County’s Modular, Low-Income Housing Experiment
The Paradigm Pilot Project includes an energy efficient single-family home and a duplex that could become models for future housing authority projects
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Minnesota Retrofit Program’s Popularity Exceeds Funding
Project ReEnergize caught on quickly with contractors and homeowners, and was cited as a national model for weatherization programs — but it needs more money to continue
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The DOE’s Net-Zero-Energy Juggernaut
The Department of Energy long has partnered with housing industry specialists to research energy efficiency. Now the agency’s Berkeley Lab is preparing to further explore the technical minutia of net-zero-energy performance
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AmeriSus Gears Up for a Big Kit-Build Launch
Pennsylvania-based company says it has developed designs, components, and a delivery system that builders nationwide can use to build low-cost energy efficient homes. The two-year goal: 12,000 homes
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A Cold Shoulder for Alaska’s Energy Rebate Program?
Initial reports indicated that many homeowners who paid for energy efficiency evaluations failed to follow through with recommended, rebate-eligible improvements. But an update from state housing officials shows otherwise