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Changes at Home Energy
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Costco Cites Consumer Preferences,
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House Doctor
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Field Notes
Utah’s First Five-Star Home
Trends
Contractor Incentive Program
Blower Doors
Don’t Spread Lead
ERVs safe for IAQ
Minnesota Code Addresses
Depressurization
Which New Technologies Work?
Tying Efficiency to Green Power
Ventilation forApartment Buildings
On the cover:
A tornado in the early stages of formation in Union City, Oklahoma,
on May 24, 1973. (See page 28.)
Courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration/Department of Commerce
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Feature Articles
by Ian Shapiro
Are direct-vent natural gas room heaters an energy-efficient,
low-cost, safe alternative to electric baseboard heaters? One study’s preliminary
results say yes.
byAvi Friedman
Building energy-efficient urban homes doesn’t
have to mean fancy features and added expense. Straightforward application
of basic efficiency design principles can bring enormous improvements in
production homes.
by Christina B. Farnsworth
Home buyers today are probably wondering how safe
their homes will be in a natural disaster. What builders of energy-efficient
homes need to realize is that disaster mitigation and energy efficiency
can sometimes go hand in hand.
by Jill M. Mayfleld
Atlanta’s new Earth Craft House program brings
the total number of established green building programs in the United States
to eight. These voluntary, market-driven programs are delivering numerous
benefits to builders and home buyers alike.
by Terry Brennan
A cure for a runny nose, a sore throat, and moldy
odors may lie in the substructure of a house. |
