Tag: Green Home
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Efficiency Standards: Like Free Money, Study Says
An American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy study estimates the U.S. will save $1.1 trillion by 2035 through product energy efficiency standards.
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Poll: Energy Gorging Yanks Show A Little Restraint
Americans are doing little things to save energy, like turning off lights and changing light bulbs, but are lagging on bigger stuff like home energy audits.
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Old Homes Warm Up To Residential Retrofits
Clean Energy Works Oregon aims to complete 6,000 home energy retrofits by 2013, keeping homeowners warmer while reducing carbon emissions and saving energy.
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LED, CFL Life-Cycle Face-off: Which Bulb Wins?
According to a new U.S. report, LED and CFL bulbs use about the same amount of energy over the course of their life cycles—but there’s more to it than that.
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Luxury Log Living Logs LEED Love
An Oregon couple with a love of winter sports built a 3,603-square-foot “mountain retreat” at the base of Mt. Hood that has gone on to take LEED Platinum.