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• Energy-efficient retrofits to sell foreclosed homes.
• Homebuilders attempt to be more green.
• Imagining a more sustainable suburb.
• Pursuing a sustainable, resilient city.
• Do CFL bulbs suck?

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• Philips: LEDs to take about 50% of market by 2015.
• GE pitches halogens as incandescent substitution.
• New green life for an old neglected house.
• Going for Passive House in Canada.

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• Duany predicts decline of green building standards.
• Square footage still trumps eco-friendliness.
• Insulation does not stop air infiltration.
• Energy efficiency still interesting.

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