By Kelly Shultz, Federation of American Scientists As a contributor to U.S. energy, security, and environmental problems improving buildings’ performance has become an elevated policy push in the past decade. In particular, Section 914 of the 2005 Energy Policy Act and Section 401 of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act address the need to [...]
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After the Stimulus: How to Modernize DOE’s Weatherization Assistance Program
By Colin McCormick Among all the spending provisions in February’s economic stimulus bill, there was one in particular that stood out for advocates of greater energy efficiency. The Department of Energy’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), which helps insulate the homes of low-income families to lower their energy bills, was given $5 billion of stimulus money. [...]
Improving Residential Energy Efficiency with Structural Insulated Panels
By Chris Schwind of the Structural Insulated Panel Association Attention in the environmental and energy-efficiency communities is now turning towards buildings as more and more people realize their enormous potential for energy savings. Studies by the Environmental Protection Agency and other advocacy groups have declared this emphatically, pointing to both their dramatic percentage of national [...]
SIDEBAR ON THE EARTHQUAKE: China 2008
By Brian Doherty, FAS Research Assistant for the Building Technologies Program On May 12, 2008, the 19th deadliest earthquake of all time hit the Sichuan region of China. Tremors from the 8.0 Ms magnitude quake were felt as far away as Russia, with surveys showing over 170,000 square miles affected at a level of “slightly [...]
China Rebuilds After the 2008 Earthquake – FAS Presents Research at U.S.-China Green Energy Conference
By Brian Doherty, FAS Research Assistant for the Building Technologies Program In November 2008, Joe Hagerman, project manager of the Building Technologies Program at the Federation of American Scientists, and I traveled to China to present building material and emergency housing research at the U.S.-China Green Energy Conference in Beijing. Standing at the top of [...]
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Building Inspector Second Life Training Pilot Program
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FAS Housing Technology Project Reaches Turkey and Azerbaijan
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Harold Smith Elected New Chairman of the FAS Board
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Founder of FAS and Manhattan Project Veteran Dies at 89
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A House That Pleases Home Buyers, Builders and Environmentalists
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Paths to Zero Premiers at United Nations
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference Concludes in Final Document
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U.S. and Britain Disclose Size of Nuclear Weapons Stockpile
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New START Treaty Reduces Limit for Strategic Warheads But Not Number
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A Step in the Right Direction: The Obama Administration’s 2010 Nuclear Posture Review
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