Dear Readers:

We couldn’t have chosen a better time to be entering into our 25th year of publishing Home Energy magazine. While home performance isn’t yet the catchphrase on everyone’s lips, the industry is growing—as is our subscriber base. Home performance programs are popping up across the country, and green building programs are increasingly recognizing the value of building science. Even consumer publications are talking up home efficiency. In short, the topics that Home Energy magazine has covered for the last 24 years are finally getting trendy.

This growing interest in the energy use of buildings has led to some positive growth here at Home Energy as well. We have updated and expanded the content on our Web site—
a major portal for attracting new readers. We are also expanding our coverage of the home performance industry by publishing special issues on timely topics of particular interest. In all of our publications, we strive to show how housing can contribute to solving our environmental
problems, instead of worsening them.

Home Energy continues to be a solution for those professionals who are seeking to optimize their own performance. We provide a forum for building scientists, builders, contractors, raters, efficiency consultants, and program managers to exchange practical information, advice, and experience. With their help, we can continue to offer the best, most thorough information on making homes more efficient, durable, healthy—and, yes, green. Here’s to another 25 years of “there’s no place like Home Energy!”

Mary James
Publisher