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More Power-Monitoring to the People!
Major companies are backing strategies that will allow consumers easy access to detailed information about their energy use To the extent that telecommunications gadgets and related software applications have become…
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Georgia’s Energy Conservation Windfall
The state’s energy managers are developing plans to spend more than $260 million in federal stimulus funds on a variety of energy efficiency programs The federal stimulus program is poised…
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Insurance Discounts For Homes With Green Features
Rate Reductions For Photovoltaic Arrays or Ground-Source Heat Pumps HARRISBURG, Penn. — A Pennsylvania insurance company, Dongal Insurance Group, is offering a 5% “green” discount on homeowners’ insurance. The discount…
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Beyond Weatherization: More Stimulus Money Coming
$3.2 Billion in Block Grants For Efficiency Measures WASHINGTON, D.C — Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that U.S. cities, counties, states, territories, and Native American tribes will soon receive $3.2…
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Sonoma County Will Provide Loans For Energy Retrofit Work
Both Homeowners and Commercial Property Owners Are Eligible SANTA ROSA, Calif. — The Sonoma County government has launched a program to offer loans to homeowners and commercial property owners for…
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Habitat for Humanity Volunteers Are Deconstructing Michigan Homes
In Depopulated Midwestern Cities, Demolition Is a Pressing Need SAGINAW, Mich. — For the last 30 years, Habitat for Humanity volunteers have focused most of their efforts on new home…
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Recycling Expanded Polystyrene
A New Machine “Densifies” Discarded Foam TALAHASSEE, Fl. — Most of the nation’s discarded expanded polystyrene (EPS) — including hamburger clamshell boxes, coffee cups, protective foam packaging inserts, and pieces…
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News Headline Roundup
Energy Star Windows, Weatherization, Building Deconstruction — and More BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — The “In” box at GreenBuildingAdvisor’s news desk is overflowing, so it’s time for a roundup of news headlines…
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For the First Time In Years, New Homes Are Shrinking
The McMansion Era May Be Ending WASHINGTON, DC — For the first time in at least ten years, the average size of new homes sold in the U.S. is shrinking.…
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Selling Reclaimed Snow Fence Boards For Siding
Wyoming Recycler Finds New Uses For Weathered 1x6s LARAMIE, Wyo. — For the past nine years, a Laramie recycling company, Centennial Woods, has been satisfying a growing market for recycled…