Source: Burlington Free Press
By Eve Thorsen
Correspondent

How do you build an energy efficient house from scratch? That's the question Chris Granda and his wife, Bonitta Steuer, asked themselves when they decided to build their home in Richmond.

Granda is a senior project manager at Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, a nonprofit organization that promotes efficient energy use. So when he and his wife explored building a family home for themselves and their two children Maddy, 9, and Nicholas, 5, he knew the approach he should to take.

Source Partnerships for HOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY

WASHINGTON, DC – The Bush administration announced a new partnership aimed at
reducing household energy costs by 10 percent over the next decade while improving our
nation’s air. The Partnerships for Home Energy Efficiency will provide energy saving
solutions for households across the country and support research and implementation of a
new generation of energy efficiency technologies.

The Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will provide Americans,