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Insights from Successful Net-Zero Builders
To increase the number of net-zero energy homes beyond niche status, we need to learn how forward-looking builders broke into this market
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U.S. Green Building Council Names Award Recipients
Outstanding single-family project goes to a house built by Carl Seville and detailed in a GBA blog
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The Takeover of the EPA
EPA staff say the Trump administration is changing their mission from protecting human health and the environment to protecting industry
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Flatrock Passive: Taking a Tour
“A house is more than a set of plans and a bunch of numbers on paper”
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Fasteners for Concrete and Brick
Advice for contractors installing rigid foam or furring strips to walls made of concrete, CMUs, or bricks
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Water Heaters Get a New Performance Standard
The Department of Energy is enforcing a new testing protocol and a different metric for energy efficiency
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Making Bendable Concrete
With a design inspired by seashells, this reformulated concrete can make the U.S. infrastructure safer and more durable
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An Update on the Residential Ventilation Debate
Here’s what you missed at the ASHRAE 62.2 committee meeting last week
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Philips Produces a Super-Efficient LED
The “Dubai lamp” is readily available in Dubai, but nowhere else
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Frugal Happy: Our House Becomes a Giant Foam Box
A months long project transforms this energy hog into a comfortable, efficient space