Project team thinks this kind of construction could be the state’s answer to meeting its greenhouse gas reduction goals.
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Mar. 4--Two local nonprofit agencies won grants from the U.S. Green Building Council to build green homes.
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Homestar program would provide up to $3,000 for product upgrades, whole-house retrofits.
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Builder groups in Indiana and Minnesota offer two different models for success for states with lagging efforts.
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WASHINGTON - Consumers would collect on-the-spot rebates of $1,000 or more for buying insulation, water heaters or other equipment to make their homes burn energy more efficiently under a new rebate program to be announced by President Barack Obama.
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Builder groups in Indiana and Minnesota offer two different models for success for states with lagging efforts.
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It sounded like a great idea three months ago: Hand homeowners a $6,500 tax credit to find a new place to live, giving a thrust of energy to the housing market's recovery.
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Excel says some homes will be priced as low as $60,000.
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Feb. 22--TALLAHASSEE -- Last year, with unemployment heading higher and worries about the state's ability to pay for unemployment benefits growing, business groups asked the Legislature to pass a temporary $650 million-a-year tax increase to buoy the fund that pays jobless Floridians.
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Feb. 21--If there's any sales pitch that can cut through even the worst recession, the idea of getting free stuff courtesy of Uncle Sam is probably the one.