Crowned with three gables and painted in hues of gray and white, the suburban home in Lake Forest doesn’t look much like the domicile of the future. But as summer heat radiates off the fresh asphalt ...

When Bob Wiedenmann Jr., owner of Sunwood Development Corp. in Wallingford, begins building a 40-lot subdivision in Meriden in January, he ll be paying close attention to the energy efficiency of each ...

The agency has faced blowback from business leaders and Republicans over plans to end the popular energy efficiency program.

Winners of the recent Northwest Energy Star awards included one builder based in Montana: McCall Development. In 2006, McCall Development built six Energy Star homes in Billings. The first annual ...

Baltimore Gas and Electric plans to offer incentives to builders and contractors of new homes who meet new federal energy efficiency standards. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week ...

In the 1970s, clothing shoppers were advised in a popular advertising jingle from the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union to “look for the union label.” In that same spirit, anyone shopping ...

FULTONDALE, Alabama -- The green home market is expected to grow five-fold in the U.S. by 2016, as builders and buyers place more importance on energy-efficient construction practices that lead to ...

Submitted by New York State Energy Research and Development Authority ALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- New York residents and builders have significantly reduced the state's overall energy use ...

ENERGY STAR HOME: Keith Wingfield points to gaps he'll fill to make sure this house in Woodland Heights is energy efficient. Credit: Brian Chilson In this fuel-cost-conscious society, when we buy a ...

As Maryland moves toward eliminating greenhouse gas emissions, home builders have begun pursuing a stringent federal energy efficiency designation that requires ...