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• Merit Award: The Incredibly Green Home, Chevy Chase, Md.

  Arts-and-Crafts details mingle with an abundance of healthy and efficient products in this top-rated infill home.

• Product Review: Cabinetry

  Cabinets are only as green as the sum of their parts.

• Greenguard and NSF Announce New Chemical Emissions Standard

  Currently under development, the stringent standard will measure chemicals in building products and materials.

• Case Study: Modern Townhomes Bring Sustainability to Urban Indianapolis

  Redevelopment Group's six row-style condos boast efficiency, healthy indoor air, and skyline views.

• Five-Point Home Performance Tune-Up

  These five tune-up items will prompt improvements in the health, safety, comfort, durability, and energy efficiency of your homes.

• Building Science: Demystifying Indoor Air Quality

  Combat indoor air pollution through these simple strategies.

• Beazer Homes Makes Green Features Standard

  High-performance homes offer energy efficiency, water conservation, and indoor air quality.

• Product Review: Heat-Recovery Ventilators & Energy-Recovery Ventilators

  Starting in 2011, all new homes built to comply with the federal Energy Star Qualified Homes standard—perhaps 200,000 units if the NAHB’s forecast for that year holds true—will be required to provide an adequate amount of controlled, fresh-air ventilation as part of a comprehensive energy...

• Gassing the Chinese Drywall Problem

  The company that killed anthrax in government buildings says the same solution fixes caustic Chinese drywall.

• Senate Bill Would Establish Formaldehyde Ceilings for Composite Wood Products

  Modeled after CARB regulations, the Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Act would limit formaldehyde levels, require third-party certification.