Fourteen building trades contractors participating in the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s Home Performance with Energy Star program received 2012 Century Club Awards from the U.S. Department of Energy

Heating oil and propane dealers protested at a public hearing March 19 in Hartford, Conn.

District heating is being touted as the most economical method for a city to reduce carbon emissions, yet large district heating networks are hard to maintain.

From the Farmer’s Almanac comes this comparison of wood heat, natural gas, pellet stoves, heating oil furnaces, propane wall furnaces and anthracite coal burners.

The goal of The Thermal Metric project is to improve how thermal energy is measured in buildings. It is led by Building Science Corp. researchers.