Ramping up the green-collar workforce will require a new set of training methods—WxTV picks up where traditional training leaves off.

July/August 2010 Editorial: A Cottage Industry with High Electricity Use

Letters

Calendar

New & Notable

Applied Building Science at CSG

Data Logging Primer

Squeezing More Energy from the Sun

The Case for Accreditation

Time-of-Sale Energy Labeling of Homes: A Concept

Evaluating DOE’s Weatherization Assistance Program
by Bruce Tonn and Jackie Berger
With an unprecedented increase in funding—and expectations—through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, WAP has to figure out what works best and tell Congress.

Pressure House Learning in Real Time
by Andy Stone and Dale Sherman
New York State adds trainers and new facilities—including a virtual house—to meet the increasing demands on weatherization programs.

Phoenix Rising: Lessons Learned from Katrina
by Roger Hahn
Energy-efficient homes play a significant role in post-Katrina rebuilding in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.

What We Can Learn from Haiti
by Leslie Jackson
The most damaging effect of the earthquake in Haiti was not the ground movement itself, but that buildings collapsed. The rebuilding has lessons for us all.