$16 B to Clean Energy, Thin Film Solar, Home Efficiency Tips + the Economics of Homes Sizes (WIR)

1. Housing slowdown offers a chance to get real about HOME SIZES ... good design and quality construction ultimately will prove more worthwhile than square footage. 
2. Nine ways to make your home more energy efficient.
3. Thin Film PV market could top $7 billion by 2015 ... low cost, low weight, ease of manufacturing, and success on roof, wall, and window applications is driving the growth (see also Nanosolar). 
4. U.S. House of Representatives passed a Democratic rewrite of U.S. energy policy that strips $16 billion in tax incentives away from Big Oil and puts it toward renewable energy sources like wind and solar power.