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Developer, HVAC Specialist Solicit Products, Funding, Expertise for Large-Scale Sustainable Housing Project
Focus is on a 110-home development in east-central Colorado that will aim for LEED Platinum certification
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Aiming for Net Zero Energy in Fog City
A remodel and expansion of a Victorian home in San Francisco will rely on passive and renewable-energy systems to achieve high efficiency
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Weatherization Training Center Doubles in Size, Triples in Training Capacity
Growth of facility at Pennsylvania College of Technology reflects expansion of federal program
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A Big House That Will Tap Wind Power for All It’s Worth
A Connecticut homeowner with a background in renewable energy decides to build a “sustainable McMansion”
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Preaching Passivhaus in California
Architect Nabih Tahan uses his retrofitted home in Berkeley as a Passivhaus demo and, in collaboration with an engineering firm, focuses his practice on bringing the standard to residential and commercial construction
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Hefting the CalStar Brick for Greenness, Performance
CalStar says it takes significantly less energy to make its fly ash bricks than clay bricks, but a full-fledged testing regimen specifically for fly ash bricks still has to be developed
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Boulder Voters Balk at New Bond Issue for ClimateSmart Loan Program
The county still has $27 million to spend on a program that finances energy efficiency improvements for homeowners, but an additional $85 million in bond-issue authority is voted down
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Energy Efficiency as a Function of Peer Pressure
What you don’t know about your neighbors’ energy usage can cost you
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In Tucson, Solar Power on a Grand Scale
Soaring Heights Communities at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is expected to become the largest solar-powered community in the continental U.S.
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The First Factory-Built Home in N.Y. to Earn LEED Platinum
New World Home celebrates the building's high LEED rating and touts a lineup of green modular homes that feature traditional-looking designs