http://conservationreport.com/2008/11/28/green-obama-wants-to-make-the-white-house-green/ Tracking news regarding conservation, the environment, energy, politics, and technology Sun, 27 May 2012 23:24:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://conservationreport.com/2008/11/28/green-obama-wants-to-make-the-white-house-green/#comment-2225 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:38:04 +0000 http://conservationreport.wordpress.com/?p=4369#comment-2225 A Passive House Retrofit of the White House (www.passivehouse.us) would be very interesting – an exemplar of trying to reconcile the interests of energy efficiency with those of historic preservation. If one could do an ultra-efficient Passive House Retrofit there, one could do it anywhere! We don’t buy new cars without a fuel efficiency rating, why should we spend 5 time more on our buildings without such a rating? Passive House Buildings are the only ones that come with a certification of energy-efficiency performance backed by over a decade of quality control protocols. The goal is maximum energy savings at minimal cost. See http://www.passivehouse.us to learn about this voluntary energy standard for buildings.

]]> http://conservationreport.com/2008/11/28/green-obama-wants-to-make-the-white-house-green/#comment-1708 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:36:36 +0000 http://conservationreport.wordpress.com/?p=4369#comment-1708 Will the call it the Green House when he is done
Jeff Wilson has a great new book out called The Manhattan Project of 2009 Energy Independence NOW. http://www.themanhattanprojectof2009.com

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