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Houses Are Getting Bigger and Pricier
Rising prices are making it tougher for first-time buyers to get a home of their own
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Small-Scale Wind Hopes to Follow Solar’s Footsteps
United Wind raises $200 million to expand a lease program for small wind generators, hoping to copy solar’s path to success
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Where the Solar Bargains Are
A Lawrence Berkeley Lab study finds wide differences in pricing for photovoltaic systems
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Solar Jobs, Nevada Update, Codes Lawsuit, Chicago Energy Reporting
A roundup of recent developments in green building
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California Leads the Nation in Net-Zero Projects
A tally of net-zero-energy buildings in the U.S. and Canada gives Sacramento the highest city total
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A Kit House for the 21st Century
A Maine company has developed a prototype building insulated with curved structural foam panels
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A Reprieve for the Incandescent Bulb?
Researchers have tweaked conventional incandescents to make the bulbs far more efficient
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Renewable Portfolio Standards Produce Big Savings
A study by two national labs finds that benefits from renewable energy requirements added up to billions of dollars in 2013
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Two Biomass Plants in Maine to Close
Loggers say that the March closings of the generating plants that burn wood chips could affect as many as 2,500 jobs
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U.S. Towns Race for Conservation Supremacy
Georgetown University offers a $5 million prize for the community with the best energy-saving strategy