Home owners and home builders alike are using the latest technologies and practices to increase residential energy efficiency. The following reports describe some of these efforts and how they are paying off in lower energy costs:

A Net-zero Fossil Fuel Use Home Case Study, NAHB Research Center, 2002.

Builders and Buyers Handbook for Improving New Home Efficiency, Comfort and Durability in the Cold and Very Cold Climates, U.S. Department of Energy, 2005.

Building America Houses That Use Half as Much Energy: 

Prairie Crossing Homes, U.S. Department of Energy, 1999.

Building America Research Fact Sheet, U.S. Department of Energy, 2005.

Green Homes for Chicago: Five Winning Designs and Architects, City of Chicago, 2003.

Strategies for Energy Efficient Remodeling: SEER 2003 Case Study Report, NAHB Research Center, 2003.

The Chicago Green Bungalow Initiative, City of Chicago, 2004.