Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 01/15/2010
Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) are an energy and material efficient building product that has been used in homes across the nation for many decades. However, in Portland, these "sandwiches"... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 01/15/2010
About 10 years ago, Basement Contractors of Oklahoma, Edmond, Okla., started building insulated above-grade concrete walls, and over the years has built about 20 homes this way along with a handful... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 01/15/2010
CCEF officials say there is enough funding available to support the installation of about 300 geothermal heat pump systems per year until April 2012, when the federal program ends. Connecticut... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 01/14/2010
South Burlington, VT January 7, 2010 -- Vermont ICF are delighted to announce the grand opening of a new 16,500 sq ft retail/warehouse space that will be home to Goodwill Industries. This one... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 01/14/2010
'Heather’s Home went on to win the Best Green Built Home in the Home Builders Association of Greater Dallas’ Vesta Awards, and was the overall winner in the HBA’s Building Excellence Awards for... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 01/14/2010
Are you ready to go beyond the “small steps” to go green?
If you’re like many energy conscious consumers, you’ve already switched to CFL light bulbs. You’ve installed a programmable thermostat.... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 01/14/2010
Newly constructed hospitals, schools, shopping malls and homes in California will be some of the greenest in the world, after a state commission voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the most stringent... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 01/13/2010
There is a house on the Unity College campus that is producing more energy than it needs for heat and electricity.
Even on a cold, cloudy day in January, Unity House is generating power. It... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 01/13/2010
At a basic level, you probably know that building materials are stronger in certain axes than others. While you could learn all about moments of inertia and beam bending, what the average DIY... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 01/13/2010
Under a $300 million federal rebate program that started last month, consumers can trade in their energy-sucking appliances for more efficient models, but there are other ways to save money while... |