News tagged with home builders association
Eco-friendly building techniques don't have to significantly raise construction costs
Home builder Lance Schmidt hears it all the time: Green building costs more. But he and his colleagues are out to prove otherwise.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Wildfires kill 339,000 people per year: study
Wildfires, peat fires and controlled burns on farming lands kill 339,000 people worldwide each year, said a study released on Saturday that is the first to estimate a death toll for landscape fires.
Feb 19, 2012 |
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Industrial 'inertia to change' is delaying development of zero carbon homes, report finds
Tackling rising CO2 emissions from the residential sector could make a vital contribution towards mitigating climate change, according to a new report from the UCL Bartlett School of Planning.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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What your new home will look like in 2015
The fact that the average American home is slowly but surely shrinking - and will most likely continue to do so if and when the country shakes off its current financial woes - isn't exactly revolutionary news. But when ...
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Oct 25, 2011 |
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Gopher tortoises are in trouble but won't get federal protection
The long-awaited message from federal authorities Tuesday to a shrinking population of gopher tortoises: Sorry, but we don't have the time and money to protect you.
Jul 27, 2011 |
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Berkeley Lab study finds that photovoltaic systems boost the sales price of California homes
New research by the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory finds strong evidence that homes with solar photovoltaic (PV) systems sell for a premium over homes without solar systems.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 21, 2011 |
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Urban planning issues receive backyard solutions
(PhysOrg.com) -- The tiny cottage may have a big future, if a recent open house in Berkeley is any indication.
Jan 17, 2011 |
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Childhood obesity linked to neighborhood social and economic status
Children in King County, Washington, are more likely to be obese if they live in socially disadvantaged neighborhoods. This is according to a team of researchers at Seattle Children's Research Institute, the ...
Jun 11, 2010 |
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Houses of 2020 will be all about energy
The American house of 2020 will likely be smaller, smarter, more urban and efficient.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 26, 2010 |
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First Fossil-Makers in Hot Water
Microbe mats in Yellowstone's hot springs may be living analogs of the primordial microbe communities that constructed the oldest rock fossils on Earth.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 02, 2010 |
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Pioneer of online job search starts over again
(AP) -- Bill Warren founded an early online job board in the 1990s, helped kick-start an industry and was president of Monster.com, one of the leading Internet career sites. But these days he's not very happy ...
Feb 25, 2010 |
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