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New Construction Report Card, Part II
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Complex building designs make even the best-laid plans for home performance hard to fulfill. [continue reading]
A Serious Challenge to a New Building Technology
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Every new building technology comes with new problems along with its benefits, and structural insulated panels (SIPs) are no different. SIPs are made of rigid foam insulation sandwiched between ... [continue reading]
New Construction Report Card
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Not Your Parents' Mobile Home
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Some scientists and builders of manufactured homes figured out how to make them more energy efficient, using new materials but the same old factory. [continue reading]
Learning From the Residents
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A Home with Family Values
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Tuskegee University strike a balance between energy efficiency and affordability. [continue reading]
Moisture Problems in Manufactured Housing
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Manufactured homes are affordable to many. A study points the way to making them healthy by dealing with moisture problems. [continue reading]
The Lowdown on Structural Insulated Panels
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HPC Working For You: Climate Change & Carbon Reduction
HPC develops new approaches to federal, state and local policies that promote growth in the residential energy efficiency sector through ...
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New Report Shows Big Jump in Net-Zero Energy Homes
Net-zero energy homes seem to be growing their way out of a purely niche market. The number of zero energy ...
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