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Amazon’s Echo: Always Listening, to Everything
A broadcast about the cloud-connected device has some unexpected consequences
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Lumber Store Chain Now Offers Tiny Houses
84 Lumber rolls out four portable houses, as kits designed for do-it-yourselfers or as move-in ready structures ready for the road
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Learn How Solar Friendly Your State Is
A solar advocacy website publishes a graphic guide that ranks all 50 states
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Lab Hopes to Develop Paint-On Window Coating
Scientists are working to develop a simple-to-apply coating that would offer a cheaper alternative to window replacement or professionally applied films
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Marc Rosenbaum Will Again Offer His Online Course
The course on designing zero-net-energy homes will begin on March 14, 2016
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Cost of Solar Electricity Hits a New Low
Under a proposed contract in California, a municipal utility will buy PV electricity for less than 4 cents per kilowatt hour
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China Discourages ‘Weird’ Architecture
Communist Party rulers would rather see functional public structures that please the eye
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Health Risks of Tainted Flooring Were Underestimated
U.S. health authorities say that they miscalculated the risk of cancer from laminated flooring
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Europe Drives Up Demand for U.S. Wood Pellets
The European Union is shedding coal in favor of biomass, but critics are alarmed at the environmental fallout
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Solar Hits a Wall in Massachusetts
Two state programs that provided a boost for the solar industry are running out of room to grow