How Has Senate Changed HOME STAR? A SHORT SUMMARYHow Has Senate Changed HOME STAR? A SHORT SUMMARY

Home Star is a legislative proposal designed to create jobs by providing incentives for residential energy efficiency improvements. The program will drive new private investment into the hard hit construction and manufacturing sectors,while saving consumers money on their energy bills. By building on state programs and existing industry capacity for the retrofits themselves as well as quality assurance,the program will be fast‐acting,in addition to increasing consumer awareness of residential energy efficiency.

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Appraising the Green Build - Facts or FictionAppraising the Green Build –Fact or Fiction

It’s not news that appraisers are breaking new ground when it comes to the area of setting value to green or high performance homes. Jump starting the “green built home”idea goes against the standard norms of the appraisal process. But,energy efficient construction practices have been around for a long time and their value is well documented,if not in journals and periodicals,within the pocketbooks of those who live in them. Building Green Works!

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Obama,Poker and What 2010 Holds for Energy Efficiency

Tip his hand? In fact,as Stewart pointed out,Obama has shown that hand broadly to the world for the last year. Starting with his January 2009 inaugural speech,Obama buoyed the clean energy industry by advancing renewable energy,a first for a US president in that forum. But that turned out to be just the start. In talk after talk this year,he pushed

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