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• How Energy Codes for New BUildings Can Apply to Existing Homes

  Using the International Energy Conservation Code as a guide for improving existing buildings.

• Home Performance: Consider Getting Certified

  Build on your remodeling experience and knowledge with energy-efficiency training.

• Energy Codes as They Apply to Existing Homes

  Using the International Energy Conservation Code as a guide for improving existing buildings.

• Green Challenge: Remodelers Should Educate Themselves to Sell Energy Efficiency

  You owe it to your clients to be knowledgeable about energy-efficient upgrades so you can offer relevant home-performance upgrades for their home.

• Seize the Day: Remodeling Projects Offer an Opportunity to Add Energy Upgrades

  Even if you don't specialize in energy retrofits, many popular remodeling projects offer an opportunity to improve efficiency, benefit client comfort and health, and save on energy bills.

• Greening in Place: How Aging in Place and Energy Efficiency Go Hand in Hand

  CARL SEVILLE on how energy efficiency and green remodeling provide benefits for older people and those with physical disabilities.

• CARL SEVILLE: Don't Forget Green in K&B

  Tips for energy-efficient design for kitchens and baths including proper ventilation and air sealing.

• Science and Building: Fully Integrating Building Science Into Remodeling

  CARL SEVILLE: Rather than being an afterthought or sideline to a remodeling project, building science should be integral to every remodel, right from the beginning of the process.

• Green From the Start: Steps to Sustainable Remodeling

  CARL SEVILLE: It takes only a bit of extra effort to create a truly sustainable remodel. And that effort is worth it, both in terms of client satisfaction and the benefit to the environment.

• What's the Problem With Green Remodeling?

  CARL SEVILLE: The single biggest obstacle to green remodeling is ignorance. Don't accept the status quo.