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Are We Doing This Again? Home Efficiency Pros Are Wary as Ohio Gets Federal Rebates, Just a Few Years After State Funding Was Yanked

Consumers will soon have access to money for insulation and energy-saving appliances in Ohio and just about every other state.

By Dan Gearino

 Dwayne Petko, owner and operator of Energy Matters LLC, conducts a blower door test to check for building air leaks in Sunbury, Ohio. Credit: Dan Gearino/Inside Climate News
Kristen Taddonio confers with the CU Boulder students working on the home they were constructing for her and her husband in Fraser, Colorado, which was the students' 2021 Solar Decathlon entry. Credit: Casey A. Cass/University of Colorado

A Colorado Home Wins the Solar Decathlon, But Still Helps Cook the Planet

By Phil McKenna
Top few floors of the Delta Complex in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brook

A Net-Zero Solar Building Grows in Brooklyn

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News
Green construction worker

Gas Industry Tries to Block Zero-Carbon Building Goal

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News
New York City solar map created by the City University of New York.

NYC Takes Red Tape Out of Building Green

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News
Downtown Chicago, Gravitywave on flickr

National Building Audit Will Reset Energy Benchmarks

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News
Wayne Lyman Morse United States Courthouse in Eugene, Ore., a green building tha

Green Buildings on Track to Deliver Trillions in Savings

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News
Solar house construction

Clean Economy Week: Obama's Green Buildings Bet

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News
On Sept. 8, Pres. Obama outlined his $447 billion jobs plan

Obama Told to Unlock $2.7B in Green Funds

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News
SAGE Electrochromics, Inc

A Green Revival for U.S. Glass Manufacturers?

By Maria Gallucci, SolveClimate News
Penn Quarter, Washington, D.C.

Can Obama's Green Building Plan Work?

By Elizabeth McGowan, SolveClimate News
Seattle

Seattle Plugs Green Buildings as Economic Fix-It

By Maria Gallucci, SolveClimate News
A cement mixer

Leaders Aim to Cut Carbon Footprint of Building Materials

By Robert Gluck

'Reskinning' Aims to Retrofit Entire Cities to Save Energy

By Robert Gluck

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