This week I’m most excited about the Home Energy Score program. A standardized system for home energy audits could prevent a lot of wasted money—and energy.

• Feds Set Standards for Home Energy Audits, Loans – Gigaom. An increase in energy audits—and funding for them—makes for a lot of inconsistency.
• Home Energy Score – U.S. Department of Energy. Speaking of which, check out the new Energy Star–like label.
• Farm to Dorm: Boston University Farmers’ Market – Local In Season. BU is really making huge strides when it comes to sustainability. I wish Berklee could do something like this.
• Nail Salons Move to Avoid Using Toxic Chemicals – New York Times. Seriously, girls, formaldehyde isn’t pretty.
• The Secret to Turning Consumers Green – Wall Street Journal. The secret? Guilt.
• New energy rules worry builders – Boston Globe. If “popular design options such as sheer glass skyscrapers” waste energy, they shouldn’t really be popular designs, should they?
• City wants to plow vacant plots to farm land – Boston Globe. What a great idea.
• A Conversation with Jane Goodall – New York Times. I’m not entirely sure how relevant this is, but I love Jane Goodall.

That’s all for now. As always, if you see anything interesting this week, pass it along.