HERALarco, NicoStockard, JeanJohnson, BethanyWest, Amanda2023-05-222023-05-222010-11https://hdl.handle.net/1794/28308https://housingeducators.org/conferences/315 pagesOver the course of American history, houses have reflected concerns, or a lack thereof, regarding energy use. During colonial times, houses in the southern U.S. featured wide porches that shaded those houses from the sun, while those in the north were small with little windows to retain heat in the winter and prairie homes were built into the ground to protect them from harsh storms (Taylor, 2010). The availability of inexpensive energy eased concerns about efficiency until the Arab oil embargo of 1973- 74. That event was followed by a relatively brief period of experimentation with active and passive solar homes and then with superinsulated homes (Nissen & Dutt, 1985). As energy prices dropped and stabilized, interest in energy efficiency waned because of a political environment that was hostile to the issue (Lutzenhiser, 2002). However, difficult economic conditions of recent years, coupled with rising energy prices, have seen a resurgence in this interest. The objective of this paper is to review programmatic efforts to advance energy efficiency in the residential sector of the U.S. Various approaches currently underway will be described and potential impacts will be reviewed.enCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USoral presentationsposter presentationsRecent Progress in Residential Energy EfficiencyOther