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Energy Efficiency

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  Stimulus money is still out there--Rick Provost tells you where it is and how to use it.

• Fomo Products Handi-Foam Spray Polyurethane Foam Sealant

  Designed specifically to stop air infiltration and improve energy efficiency, Handi-Foam spray polyurethane foam helps create a tighter building envelope.

• A Balanced Approach: Meeting Client Needs With Green Practices

  Sage Builders helps steer its clients and state policy toward sustainability.

• Home Work: Home Performance As a Way to Bolster Your Bottom Line

  Energy audits alone may not be enough to maintain profitability, but some remodelers are finding the right mix of audit, retrofit, and remodeling work.

• Recurve Software Suite

  The Recurve Software suite is designed to help home performance contractors more accurately manage home energy auditing and retrofit projects.

• Under the Hood: Home Performance Diagnostic Equipment

  Diagnostic testing equipment yields valuable building information -- if users are prepared, and able, to accurately interpret the results.

• Home Performance: Energy Audit Essentials

  These diagnostic tools are useful to have in your home performance toolbox. Such visual ways to present information can also help you make an effective presentation right in the home to convince homeowners of the need for energy retrofit work.

• Local Level: A Look at Some Specific Weatherization Programs

  Local weatherization programs gear up to help homeowners finance energy-efficient upgrades.

• Building a Future: Effects of the Home Star Bill on Remodeling

  Will passage of the Home Star Energy Retrofit bill put remodelers back to work or out of work?

• Figure This: Energy-Efficiency Facts and Figures

  Home energy efficiency statistics.