Homeowners currently using propane gas service are eligible for alternative fuel and energy-efficient homes tax credits. With tax deadline fast approaching, homeowners currently using propane gas …
Redeeming and keeping up with current tax credits can be confusing. Here's a handy guide to the retroactive reinstatement of the 25C Residential Energy Tax Credit that was part of the fiscal cliff …
With tax season upon us, many homeowners who recently completed energy efficiency updates to their homes or are planning to do so in the coming year may qualify for a little help from Uncle Sam …
Newer U.S. homes are 30 percent larger but consume about as much energy as older homes, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Analysis from EIA's most recent Residential Energy …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded more than $6.6 million in grants to eight universities in support of black carbon research. Black carbon is the sooty black material emitted …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that 25 percent of all single-family homes built nationally in 2010 earned EPA's Energy Star, up from 21 percent in 2009. In partnership …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is observing Pollution Prevention Week (P2) from Sept. 19-25 by launching a new web portal to give easy access to green products such as home appliances …
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star program announced the top contenders at the midpoint of the 2011 National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. The list of top …
Sears Grand in Cape Girardeau, Mo., will participate in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings to help improve the energy …
Consumers can save money heating their homes with fuel-efficient wood-fired hydronic heaters. The two cleanest outdoor wood-fired hydronic heaters are WoodMaster furnaces, according to U.S …
Although Americans plan to make as many home improvements in 2011 as they did the year before, they plan on spending less on their projects. A recent survey from American Express found that 64 …
Televisions and cable and satellite boxes will have to use less energy under new Energy Star label requirements.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which administers the Energy Star program …
Delta Faucet is moving the magic from the kitchen to the bathroom, introducing its no-touch faucet technology for lavatory faucets. Two lines of lavatory faucets will be equipped with the Touch2O.xt …
Each year, more than 9 million refrigerators are disposed of in the United States. However, very few of them are disposed of properly. To help reduce landfill waste and greenhouse gas emission, GE …
A rain barrel is a system that collects and stores rainwater form your roof. Rain barrels connect to a gutter's downspout, next to the house, and collect water that would otherwise be lost to runoff …
This cost calculator is designed to estimate the cost of environmentally preferable recycled plastic and plastic-wood composite lumber to conventional wood decking.
Despite the importance of wetlands to sustainable communities, the United States loses about 60,000 acres of this watershed feature each year. This document details case studies of 3 communities that …