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Before you buy or build a new home there are a few things you should know.  Will your home have the lowest operating costs, the lowest maintenance costs, the lowest number of service issues, the highest appreciation and be the best value?

Consumer Info 

ConsumerReports.org - Shoddy home construction
Expert consumer advice and recommenations on shoddy home construction.

Energy Efficient Home News 

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Top web sites for energy efficient homes 

Builders

Building Knowledge
Building Knowledge Inc. is a privately held Minneapolis-based corporation founded by building industry experts, building science trainers and educational specialists who are dedicated to improving the durability, energy efficiency and healthiness of homes, and transitioning the home building industry to a new level of economic health and distinction.
EEBA - Energy and Environmental Building Association
Energy and Enviromental Building Association a non-profit organization committed to educating home builders on matters of building science
Building America
Building America is a private/public partnership that develops energy solutions for new and existing homes.
Building Energy Codes (BEC)
Complete toolbox to facilitate energy code compliance, development, adoption, implementation, and enforcement
National Renewable Energy Lab
NREL does a wide range of work on energy-efficiency,but this section of their web site is dedicated to excellent technical resources for builders,particularly on renewable energy systems and energy analysis and building evaluation.

Great Stuff on Amazon 

Not So Big Solutions for Your Home (Susanka)

Amazon Price: $15.61 (as of 10/07/2008)

Inside the Not So Big House: Discovering the Details that Bring a Home to Life (Susanka)

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Home by Design: Transforming Your House Into Home

Amazon Price: $23.10 (as of 10/07/2008)

Not So Big Remodeling: A Better House for the Way You Really Live (Susanka)

Amazon Price: $23.10 (as of 10/07/2008)

The Not So Big House Collection (Susanka)

Amazon Price: $26.40 (as of 10/07/2008)

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About evonthoma

Ed VonThoma is the President of Building Knwoledge Inc.(BKI). BKI is an industry-leading privately held company of building experts and educators, whose mission is to provide ideas and solutions to improve the quality of homes.

Ed has extensive expertise in the development of innovative single- and multi-family homes with over twenty years experience in residential construction. Ed is committed to proving better design creates value.

Ed advocates the house as a system approach to home design and construction, in accordance with building science principles.

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