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In the gridlocked congress there is actually one piece of legislation that seems to have good bipartisan support.

The SAVE Act: Sensible Accounting to Value Energy [S. 1737]

SAVE would:

• help revive housing
• stimulate the overall economy
• encourage energy efficiency
• and by some estimations create over 80,000 new jobs and save $1.1 billion in annual energy bill savings

See this link for an excellent recap on this critical piece of legislation that should be passed in 2012. The Greenest Insulation Blog encourages everyone to contact their legislators to support passage of the SAVE Act.

Washington, DC– CIMA member National Fiber sponsored two homes in 2011′s Solar Decathlon: Middlebury College and Parsons The New School for Design/Stevens Institute of Technology.

National Fiber’s sponsorships included the donation and shipment of product, on-site technical training and installation assistance, as well as marketing and PR support. National Fiber also assisted in the construction of cellulose insulation wall-cutaway displays to aid the students’ on-site educational presentation of how the product works. Four National Fiber staff members traveled to Washington DC to oversee the representation of cellulose insulation, and to research and assess the competition as a whole.

The 2011 winners were announced on October 2. The small liberal arts college Middlebury finished fourth receiving a distinguished Honorable Mention, no small feat against engineering schools from Purdue and other powerhouse universities around the world. Their entry prominently displayed the benefits of cellulose insulation in the design. The school’s house was featured recently on PBS Nightly Business Report. Continue reading →

If attendance at the GreenBuild International Conference and Expo is any indicator, Green Building is bigger than ever. The annual event drew a record 27,000 attendees last year in Chicago. Organizers anticipate attendance will eclipse that figure with the first conference held outside the United States set for October 4 – 7 in Toronto, Canada.

CIMA is sharing a display with CIMAC and several CIMA producer members will be exhibiting along with hundreds of other companies and organizations. GreenBuild has evolved from its modest beginnings in 1993 as a non-profit trade organization into a powerhouse for innovation and change in the building industry. Its membership, along with the annual conference and expo, continues to expand as interest in sustainability and green Eco-friendly building grows around the world.

Visit GreenBuild online news site to learn more about what’s planned and get a sneak preview of just a few innovative ideas that will be on display and discussed next week in Toronto. The Greenest Insulation team will also be at the show so look here for a future post from the Expo.

Greenest of the Green Now Greenest Insulation Blog.

We are pleased to launch a brand new look and feel to the blog of the Cellulose Insulation Manufacturers Association. Since we first published the Greenest of the Green web blog in 2008 the content and interest has grown to a point where an update was necessary. The blog has also been relocated from WordPress to the cellulose.org website for better integration and expanded functionality.

A primary goal for this upgrade is to broaden the focus of this blog while remaining true to the original intent of identifying green ideas and solutions for improving energy efficiency. The intent moving forward is to expand content to include a wider range of articles and information relating to insulation, energy, the environment and beyond.

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