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Cork Is A Wonderful Material Cork has uses ranging from place mats to flooring and has been harvested sustainably since Roman times. Because cork...
Ever since the first homes were built, people have been trying to find insulation materials that would keep them warm in winter and cool...
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been selected to receive over $5.4 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy...
By Anne Kramer Sustainability is my passion. I work in corporate sustainability and try to live as sustainably as possible. Until a year ago,...
Originally published on WRI’s Resource Institute Blog. By Dan Lashof, Devashree Saha, Karl Hausker, Greg Carlock, Kevin Kennedy, and Tyler Clevenger U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, chair of the House Energy...
Energy efficiency can help slow the rate of climate change. Learn about making your home more efficient so you can reduce carbon production and...
Home efficiency is one of those things you may think has been done already — building code improvements surely must've accounted for what we've...
Double glazing. Triple glazing. Insulated windows. Double-glazed windows. Triple-glazed windows. You've probably heard those terms before, but if you aren't or haven't been involved...
Building on our earlier Passivhaus 101 and Insulation R-Value articles, I'm now going to provide an overview here of the Passive Solar House Design...
When someone is talking about the "R-value" of an insulation material, what are they talking about exactly? What does the term refer to specifically?...
You've probably heard the phrase Passivhaus (which is German for "passive house"), and you have perhaps wondered what it meant exactly. So, what does...
