According to CleanTechnica, an alternative energy news website, Habitat for Humanity has established a new goal stating that all residences it builds will have – at the very least – an Energy Star rating.
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Apr, 2013
Last week, we reported on Local Energy Alliance Program (LEAP), a nonprofit energy services organization based in Virginia that helps fund cost-effective home inspections and green technology renovations for local property owners. According to a March 31 article from Charlottesville Tomorrow, a regional news outlet, LEAP recently celebrated its 1,000-home milestone.
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Apr, 2013
In the beginning of March, school board members and students from Trenton Central High School in New Jersey spoke at a meeting about the building’s dismal conditions, sharing stories about water leaking through the ceiling, warped floors and inadequate plumbing.
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Mar, 2013
In order to help prepare local residents for the warmer weather, the Local Energy Alliance Program (LEAP), a nonprofit energy services organization based in Virginia, is partnering with the city of Charlottesville to provide cost-effective home inspections.
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Mar, 2013
Employees with offices in the Dodge County Courthouse in Mantorville, Minnesota, will be moved temporarily to a different part of the building after officials learned that there are potentially dangerous radon levels in the basement.
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Mar, 2013
Thanks to efforts by The Doe Run Company, an innovative natural resources outfit headquartered in Missouri, one high school will soon be able to reap the benefits of energy-efficient technologies.
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Mar, 2013
On March 20, the Iowa Senate voted 37-13 to require public and private schools to test for radon and install systems designed to get rid of the gas if it leaks into the buildings.
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Mar, 2013
As a tribute to the experiences people endured during and after the storm, playwright John Biguenet recently debuted “Mold,” the final work in his trilogy of plays based on the disaster.
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Mar, 2013
The data reveals that if consumers were better informed about the power-saving options that are already available to them, they could save a collective $1 trillion on electricity bills in the next 15 years.
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Mar, 2013
According to new data from the University of North Carolina – Center for Community Capital and the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT), homeowners who live energy-efficient properties have a 32 percent lower risk of defaulting on a mortgage.