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Real Estate by Lisa Scherzer (Author Archive) Consider an Energy-Efficient Mortgage Would you sign up for a mortgage that qualifies you for a bigger loan with less income and makes the world a greener place? You might be able to through an energy-efficient mortgage, or EEM, the government loan granted to borrowers who build or [...]

EPA Announces Energy Star Homes Reach Nearly 17 Percent Market Share for 2008 Release date: 07/02/2009 Contact Information: Enesta Jones, jones.enesta@epa.gov, 202-564-7873, 202-564-4355 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that nearly 17 percent of all single-family homes built nationally in 2008 earned EPA’s Energy Star label, up from 12 percent in 2007. [...]

 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:                                  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  (202) 586-4940                                                           Monday, October 19, 2009  Vice President Biden Unveils Report Focused on Expanding Green Jobs And Energy Savings For Middle Class Families   - Vice President Biden today unveiled Recovery Through Retrofit, a report that builds on the foundation laid in the Recovery Act to [...]

Legislation Introduced in Senate to Extend Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives and Create Incentives to Having Home Energy Ratings and Certification to Conduct Home Energy Ratings -The $2,000 tax credit for energy efficient homes will expire on January 1, 2010 unless extended by Congress . Bi-partisan legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to extend [...]

 Northwest ENERGY STAR Celebrates 10,000th Home! Since the Program’s inception in 2004, Northwest ENERGY STAR builders in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington have collectively built 10,000 homes that have been qualified ENERGY STAR helping remove 58,130,000 lbs of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere annually. This is equivalent to: • Eliminating the emissions from 5,000 vehicles [...]