Driving Demand for Home Energy Improvements

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Driving Demand for Home Energy Improvements

Looking across 30 years of energy efficiency programs that have targeted the residential market, we find that many of the same issues that confronted past program administrators are relevant today.

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A Home Energy Story

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July 01, 2005

        Every home has a story. When my family and I moved into our home in 1989, and for the next several years thereafter, we received all of our electricity from ... [continue reading]

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RESNET Quality Assurance

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July 01, 2005

        According to a former NASA engineer, in the several years prior to the Challenger space shuttle accident, quality assurance—then known as quality control—at NASA had ... [continue reading]

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New Initiative Funds Green, Affordable Homes

Author: Elka Karl
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May 01, 2005

        Last December Denny Park, an affordable housing project in Seattle’s South Lake Union area, broke ground. When completed, the Denny Park Apartments will include 50 residential units over ... [continue reading]

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In Hot Water

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May 01, 2005

        If you happened to be in the Monterey Peninsula Airport in Monterey, California, between December 2004 and May 2005, you were treated to a very interesting display of water heaters, both ... [continue reading]

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New NAHB Green Building Guidelines

Author: Elka Karl
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May 01, 2005

        The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recently released new voluntary guidelines that will help conventional home builders to incorporate environmental practices into home building. The guidelines project was ... [continue reading]

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Clean Up Your Ecological Footprin

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May 01, 2005

        Say you are a home performance professional and active in the green building movement. Do you ever wonder if flying to a conference in a distant state, or even ... [continue reading]

HOMES Act Will Save Homeowners Energy, Money

Kara Saul Rinaldi

HOMES Act Will Save Homeowners Energy, Money

Representatives David McKinley (R-WV) and Peter Welch (D-VT) re-introduced the Home Owners Managing Energy Savings (HOMES) Act, H.R. 2127, yesterday ...

Adventures in Blower Door Testing

Macie Melendez

Adventures in Blower Door Testing

When Steve Mann (of Home Energy Services) asks you to come along for the first blower door testing in a ...

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