Efficiency
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Many States Lead on Energy Efficiency—More Is Needed
California overtakes Massachusetts in the annual ACEEE rankings. How did your state do?
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Building a Spiral Stair
A site-built spiral staircase saves valuable floor area, but poses some construction challenges
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Lighting Loophole Cuts Into Energy Savings
T12 fluorescent tubes should be mostly gone by now, but there are still plenty of them on store shelves
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Rainwater Collection Lowers the Impact on a Coastal Site
Ebb and flow: Traditional architecture, new building methods, and rainwater collection combine to lessen a home’s imprint on its sensitive coastal site
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Four Ways to Find the Size of Your Air Conditioner
If you want to determine the cooling capacity of an older installed air conditioner, here are your options
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What’s the Difference Between the Energy Code and the DEA?
When we break the rules, we all suffer
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California’s Efficiency Standards Applied to TVs
New rules don’t affect current retail inventory or TVs already in homes, but will take effect by 2011
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Green From the Start: Home Edition Volume 2
For those few of you who have been waiting breathlessly for updates on my new house, I finally have something to report. The preliminary plans were completed this fall and…
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Efficiency First
I’m writing this from San Francisco, where I’ve been at the West Coast Green Conference. This is the fourth year of the event--the nation’s largest green building conference and trade…
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Getting More Efficient, But Using More Energy
How the Rebound Effect undermines energy conservation
