A high-performance house requires a correctly installed, continuous thermal and the air barrier. And it takes teamwork. The designer, the builder, and the framer need to be working on the same page.
 

Customers who buy certain energy efficient homes in one Southwest city arc rewarded with a guarantee that what they pay for their daily heating and cooling needs will never rise above a maximum average, or the local utility will reimburse them for the extra costs.

A torchiere turn-in event in Milwaukee drew big crowds. Attendees recy cled 813 dangerous halogen torchieres and bought 690 new Energy Star CFL torchieres. The event netted important data on torchiere use, and offers a blueprint fbr similar media efforts.
 

Builders today can choose from many different kinds of foundation wall systems. Based on information from current reports, Debbie Allen dis cusses different options from traditional poured concrete to ICFs to new, cutting edge