home design

Here's an important roundup of news and articles from the past week that affect green building, or the future of green building. 

• Housing Slowdown offers a chance to get real about HOME SIZES ... good design and quality construction ultimately will prove more worthwhile than square footage.
• Nine ways to make your home more energy efficient.
• Thin Film PV market could top $7 billion by 2015 ... low cost, low weight, ease of manufacturing, and success on roof, wall, and window applications is driving the growth (see also Nanosolar Video).
• U.S. House of Representatives passed a Democratic rewrite of U.S. energy policy that strips $16 billion in tax incentives away from Big Oil and puts it toward renewable energy sources like wind and solar power.

Also posted at Jetson Green in the Week in Review Column.