Sustainability News & Insights

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June 14, 2013

Builders are bullish and attentive to sustainability

The Pacific Coast Builders Conference showed a healthier building industry and a buying market interested in energy-efficient and healthy...

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February 26, 2013

So Home Sales Are Up: Here’s the Key to Selling That Energy-Efficient House

Yesterday the National Association of Realtors reported that sales of existing home sales increased 0.8% in February to 4.98 million, the...

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January 24, 2013

Green Home Marketing: A Report from the Front Lines

Yesterday morning's USA Today shouted that home sales are expected to keep growing stronger this year (including new home sales). That's...

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January 15, 2013

Building for Sustainability: The Process

I have always been a sucker for an old building. I've renovated five old homes (including a couple of historic ones) and every office space...

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November 14, 2012

What’s Really Killing Energy Behavior Change

For many years, we’ve asked consumers who they most blame for rising energy costs. And for years, respondents have said they most blame...

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October 17, 2012

We’ve got money to lend!

For many years now, we’ve described the homeowners most likely to make energy efficiency home improvements as being middle- to...