Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/20/2009
The home of Casey and Molly Fenton, pictured Tuesday, October 6, 2009, will be featured in the Tour of Homes. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
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November 10, 2009, by Joanne... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/20/2009
When our heating contractor Tony Silverio told us we had a choice between a closed loop and an open loop geothermal system, our first inclination was simply to go with the least expensive.
That’s... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/20/2009
Not only are the home’s internals well-designed; the architecture is very tasteful.Much like President John F. Kennedy’s challenge 50 years ago to beat the Russians to the moon, the green energy... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/20/2009
An ambitious effort at “affordable green” broke ground in La Plata County last week. On Nov. 13, Colorado Housing Inc. and the Regional Housing Alliance of La Plata County started construction... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/19/2009
Panels with built-in insulation slow to catch on here but might as green movement strengthens November 15, 2009, by Jim Weiker Published by The Columbus Dispatch Below: Lamit Industries employees... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/19/2009
An acquaintance of mine complained that his windows lose a lot of heat during the winter and asked me if he should replace them with "energy-efficient" windows.
While I was considering my answer... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/19/2009
Over the past few years, as many other industry conferences have seen a decline in numbers, the USGBC’s Greenbuild Conference and Expo has seen healthy increases in attendees, exhibitors, and... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/19/2009
Philips' LED light bulb screw-in replacement for 60W incandescent bulb $10M DOE competition. AP photo credit
The 2009 Greenbuild Conference and Expo is now over. The conference ended on Friday,... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/18/2009
New legislation introduced in the U.S. House would support and expand Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Bond programs (H.R.3836). A PACE bond is a small municipal bond where the proceeds are loane... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/18/2009
'Contributing to the energy efficiency and sustainability of the home, the walls were constructed using insulated concrete form wall systems (ICF). These large foam blocks are stacked and filled... |