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The 2015 Passive House Conference in Germany
Architects, builders, and consultants from around the world gathered for a meeting in Leipzig
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The Smart Meter: Friend or Foe?
Smart meters may be able to help homeowners reduce electricity use. Can we reap the benefits without compromising privacy or safety?
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Ozone Pollution in the West
Rapid gas and oil development in the mountain West is bringing an unwelcome guest: smog
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White, Wealthy and Whiny: An Environmental Movement in Need of a Makeover
Some words of advice for a movement that's moving into middle age
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LEED Can Help Fix the Water Problem
A 2008 water crisis in Hampstead, Maryland, was solved with the restrictions built into LEED certification. Why wouldn't it work elsewhere?
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Commissioning ERVs
We thought this was going to be a straightforward job, but it turned into a multi-day time-gobbler that taught us a few lessons
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Do Wood-Burning Power Plants Make Sense?
Comparing an oil-fired power plant in Vermont to a wood-burning alternative produces some surprising results
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Hoping for a Climate Change Breakthrough
After years of disappointments, seven reasons why things are starting to finally starting to look up
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In Defense of Inconvenient Truths about Vinyl Siding
A response to comments posted on my earlier blog, ‘The Counterintuitive Cladding’
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Best Practices for Zero Net Energy Buildings
Marc Rosenbaum shares a baker’s dozen of design essentials