The U.S. Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Program (BTP) is helping more homeowners to get better-insulating windows for their homes.  They are coordinating a volume purchase of R-5 (highly-insulating) windows in order to expand the market for them and prevent them from being cost-prohibitive to many homeowners.

This is great news–in 2010, many more people will be able to afford highly-efficient windows, saving them huge amouns in the long run on energy costs.  But the good news does not stop there. (more…)

South Carolina has realized that many of their builders, like many builders nation-wide (and world-wide for that matter), are struggling with what it means for a building to be sustainable.  There are private education courses, such as LEED AP courses, and national courses, such as the NARI GCP, but state- and locally-funded courses are still lacking. (more…)