Leaking energy (and dollars)

Building codes have yet to go green in much of the country

By Clifford Krauss / The Bulletin
July 22, 2009

AUSTIN, Texas — Peering behind a bathtub in a newly built house, an inspector, John Umphress, spotted a big gap in the wall insulation. “Somebody took a lunch break!” he complained to the builder, who sheepishly agreed to patch the hole.

With the fix, the house,....

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