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Beyond Building: Training for the Green-Collar Economy
Ely Flores, a 2005 graduate of a YouthBuild program in Los Angeles, is a Grid Alternatives outreach manager and works with low-income families to install solar panels to reduce their home energy costs. At Greenbuild 2012 in ...
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Maryland Home Performance with Energy Star: Lessons to Share on Marketing and Rebates
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Maryland joined HPwES as a sponsor in late 2007. For four years the program has faced the challenge that every home performance contractor and utility program manager encounters... [continue reading]
Accidentally Breaking a CFL - Is It Mayhem?
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Many media stories brought to the public's attention that fluorescent lights contain elemental mercury, which is a toxic metal. This raises a question about potential harm within your home and the homes of your ... [continue reading]
Colorado Builders Learn to Speak German Standards
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Oakwood Homes, LLC, has been building Energy Star — certified houses since 2002. Through construction of their homes, they have been committed to educating construction managers and trade partners about house-as-a-system building science. Year by year, ... [continue reading]
Branding Our Industry - The Need for Consensus
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News flash: The home performance industry hasn't reached the mainstream. We've been slogging away for 25 years or more, making families happy and homes healthy. But the perceived value of our work has yet to reach critical mass in the general populace. [continue reading]
Bailey Family Earns Bragging Rights
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Our attempt to improve the energy efficiency of our home began in 2008, after the electrical portion of our utility bill soared over $400. We had long been resigned to a steep energy bill, in part because ... [continue reading]
Driving Demand for Home Energy Improvements
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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. [continue reading]
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December 9, 2013...Will It Go Down In Weatherization History As The Day That Changed The Future?
“Weatherization Drives New Technology and the Home Performance Industry,” hosted by NASCSP, brought a full house of movers ...
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NASCSP WAP White House Event a Success
Weatherization product and service suppliers were well represented at Weatherization Drives New Technology and the Home Performance Industry, the White ...
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