DOE
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A Web-Based Information Resource From the DOE
The Building America Solution Center aims to be a one-stop information library for energy-conscious builders
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A New Efficiency Standard for Gas Furnaces
The minimum efficiency will rise to 92 percent under a Department of Energy plan, but the new rules would not take effect until 2021
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Calling all Weatherization Workers
The DOE wants to interview weatherization workers and home performance contractors to find out more about the ‘values, opportunities, and challenges’ of their work
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Tackling PV’s Red-Tape Roadblocks
The DOE names the winners of a competition to make permitting and financing for photovoltaic systems quicker and cheaper
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Lawmaker Targets DOE’s Weatherization Program
It’s all part of Representative Chuck Fleischmann’s campaign to stop “green initiative abuse”
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Did Fallout from the Solyndra Debacle Lead to Canceled Loan Guarantees?
SolarCity says its failure to receive a DOE loan guarantee is tied to Solyndra’s bankruptcy, but the DOE says Solyndra is not a factor
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Things I Learned in the Great White North
Or, damn, it’s cold in Minnesota
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Berkeley’s Stimulus-Funded Energy Efficiency Program
City officials and residents are enthusiastic about ME2, but with only $600,000 in the budget, there likely will be more applicants than participants
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The DOE Showerhead Rule: Someone is all wet
New proposed federal rule interpretation defining showerheads more restrictively has both plumbing manufacturers and water conservationists up in arms
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DOE Kicks Off R-5, Low-E Window Program
The agency’s Builder Technologies Program has readied a special web page to offer triple-glazed and low-e windows at affordable prices