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Making a 20-Year-Old House Work
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Moving into an older home is often accompanied by unhappy surprises affecting energy use and comfort. The solution requires dealing creatively with a number of details. [continue reading]

Integrated Pest Management
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Reducing the populations of cockroaches, mice, and rats by using the right pest control method can reduce the concentration of allergens in the home, delivering real health benefits to homeowners and renters. [continue reading]

After the Flood - There's Hope
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Homes that are damaged by flooding can be repaired and made more durable. [continue reading]

Weatherizing Mobile Homes
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While weatherizing between 400 and 500 mobile homes every year, The West Virginia Weatherization Assistance Program has gotten enough practice to practically perfect the art of transforming leaky, uncomfortable mobile homes into models of efficiency. [continue reading]

The Chicago Green Bungalow Project
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The Chicago bungalow has been around for a century. A Green Team is working to make sure these houses last for another hundred years. [continue reading]

Getting the Lead Out
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Low-income families carry the heaviest burden of lead exposure. With the help of a chemistry class, that burden gets a little lighter. [continue reading]

Home Performance with Energy Star
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Those who are charged with enforcing building performance standards in Canada's newest territory have miles to go before they begin. [continue reading]

The Avocados, The Golds - The Replaceables?
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Can you spot an inefficient refrigerator by its color or its age? Tests reveal which rules a program administrator can depend on. [continue reading]



Cortney Krauss
U.S. DOE's HPwES Program Releases Draft Sponsor Guide for Public Comment
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s national Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Program (HPwES) released the draft&...


Macie Melendez
Passive Proponent—Q&A with Brandon Weiss
President and founder of Chicago-based Weiss Building & Development, Brandon Weiss is a third-generation builder who credits time ...
































