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		<title><![CDATA[Home win: the 2004 EVHA winners offer innovation and insight.(The NAHB Research Center Corner)(Energy Value Housing Awards)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6684/is_200402/ai_n26481761]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[EACH YEAR, THE NAHB RESEARCH CENTER hosts the Energy Value Housing  Awards EVHA dinner ceremony at the International Builders' Show.  The EVHA program honors builders who voluntarily integrate energy  efficiency into the design, construction, and mark  EACH YEAR, THE NAHB RESEARCH CENTER hosts the Energy Value...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Energized About Efficiency.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3374/is_200109/ai_n8108744]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[With rising costs, the looming threat of fuel shortages and  President Bush's announcement of a broad new national energy  policy, energy efficiency is again at the forefront of the national  agenda.       Public attention will inevitably turn to resi   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency in Remodeling: Windows]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=101231]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This fact sheet is intended to provide you with information about windows -- the factors that affect their energy performance, available options, and potential savings and other benefits associated with better windows. In older homes, windows are often one of the largest sources of heat loss in winter due to...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Strategies for Energy Efficient Remodeling: Seer 2003 Case Study Report]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=101860]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The goal of the Strategies for Energy Efficiency in Remodeling SEER project is to provide information, based on research and case studies, to remodelers and consumers about opportunities to increase home energy performance. Opportunities to include energy efficiency often arise while undertaking general remodeling work. Of course, energy efficiency may...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency in Remodeling: House Air Leakage]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=101861]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This fact sheet is one in a series intended to inform homeowners about the opportunities, options, and benefits associated with making energy efficiency improvements during home remodeling projects. All homes, through various connections to the outside, allow some amount of air leakage. The air exchange rate is highly variable from...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency in Remodeling: Appliances & Lighting]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=101862]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This fact sheet is one in a series intended to inform homeowners about the opportunities, options, and benefits associated with making energy efficiency improvements during home remodeling projects. Appliances and lighting can account for 20 to 40 percent of home energy use. After heating, cooling, and hot water heating equipment,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency in Remodeling: Ducts]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=101863]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This fact sheet is one in a series intended to inform builders/remodelers about the opportunities, options, and benefits associated with making energy efficiency improvements during home remodeling projects. Many remodeling projects involve some addition to, or modification of, the HVAC system, which in many cases includes ductwork. Leaky and poorly...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency in Remodeling: Roofs & Ceilings]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This fact sheet is one in a series intended to inform homeowners about the opportunities, options, and benefits associated with making energy efficiency improvements during home remodeling projects. Energy-related improvements in ceilings and roofs fall into three major categories -- insulation, air leakage, and ventilation. Compared to homes built today,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Demand (Tankless or Instantaneous) Water Heaters: A Reference Brief from the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse (EREC)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=102095]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Water heating accounts for 20% or more of an average household's annual energy expenditures. The yearly operating costs for conventional gas or electric storage tank water heaters average $200 or $450, respectively. Storage tank-type water heaters raise and maintain the water temperature to the temperature setting on the tank (usually...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Strategies for Energy Efficient Modeling Seer 2003]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=103905]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This case study report examines the technologies, methods and installation of specific energy efficiency strategies. The information presented here stems from a "gut rehab" of a house in rural New Jersey as part of the SEER project through the Building America Existing Buildings Program2. As other remodeling projects are undertaken...]]></description>
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