Recently, NRDC's Lane Burt and EECC's Bill Fay were interviewed by "Politifact," a fact-checking project of the St. Petersburg Times.

Under the title: "Chain e-mail claims cap-and-trade will require home retrofits, license before sale," the writer, Catharine Richart, did a thorough analysis of Waxman-Markey and stated "There's no such provision in the bill."

To paraphrase Scarlett O’Hara, “Tomorrow – Wednesday – was another day.”

After an IRC Energy Development Committee defeated nearly every energy efficiency proposal on Monday and Tuesday, the IECC Development Committee began its deliberations with a bang – adopting EECC’s proposal to makes life-cycle energy savings the stated intent of the IECC. While largely symbolic, they followed that action with significant the adoption of DOE’s comprehensive package – which will boost the 2006 IECC by about 25% and adding other EECC energy savings proposals that combined are approaching the 30% improvement goal.

Heating and cooling for an average home account for 50 perent to 70 percent of a homeowner's energy usage. If your home isn't adequately insulated that can mean added costs that deplete your wallet each month. Click here to download the full article from The Vindicator.

America’s model energy efficiency code for new home construction (International Energy Conservation Code, or IECC) would be close to meeting the 30% target included in legislation that has cleared both the full House of Representatives and the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee if action taken at the International Code Council (ICC) Codes Forum hearings in Baltimore is upheld by the ICC Final Action Hearings in 2010. The IECC is the model code recognized in federal law, green building standards and nearly all states.

The IRC Energy Committee is made up of 12 people, four of which are appointed by NAHB. Because the chair doesn’t vote, energy efficiency advocates have to win support from six of the remaining 7 members of the committee.