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How to Improve Energy-Efficiency Programs
If economists and practitioners worked together on coordinated studies, we’d better understand what works and what needs fixing
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Meet Saskatchewan’s First Passivhaus
A new duplex could become the first home in the province to be certified under the Passivhaus Institut standard
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Smug About Your Solar Roof? Not So Fast.
People who signed up for a rooftop solar system might be unhappy to learn that they enabled a fossil-powered company to claim it has gone green
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Smart Meters, China Wind, Renewables in Massachusetts, Building Workshops
A roundup of recent developments in green building
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Choosing Rigid Foam
Knowing when to use polyisocyanurate, expanded polystyrene, and extruded polystyrene
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Net-Metering Survives California Test
Regulators vote to keep retail net-metering rates, a victory for installers and buyers
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Blue Heron EcoHaus: How Small Can We Go?
A Canadian couple tries, and fails, to complete floor plans — so it’s back to the drawing board
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Nevada Net-Metering Regs Are Still in a State of Flux
After successfully lobbying for lower reimbursement rates for electricity generated by PV systems, a Nevada utility now wants to grandfather existing customers
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Looking at the Costs of LEED Version 4
An approaching deadline for registering under LEED version 4 raises questions about the costs and benefits of compliance
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GE Jumps Ship on Compact Fluorescents
The company says it will stop making the lamps by the end of the year and focus on LEDs