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By now everyone knows you can swap out your lightbulbs and change your filters to save money. But there are some newer technologies to help 'green' up your home.

Sullivan Square, a huge green high rise project in Las Vegas has now stalled. The principals are now involved in a lawsuit over funding.

Las Vegas has another distinction. And not one you would expect, especially on the Las Vegas strip. Las Vegas is now home to the world largest green building.

The city of Austin in comptemplating requiring energy efficiency standards being met before a home can be sold. Sounds good in theory, right?

Looking to live in a green city? Curious to know what cities are the best when it comes to living green? The city of Austin, Texas was recently cited in the top 10 of the greenest cities in the US.

Las Vegas means the meadows, but its hard to see with all of the high rises going up. There are some communities that are going green. The list and location may surprise you.

Phoenix will see a new luxury GREEN condo community.

The Southern Nevada Water Authority is promoting conservation in a way everyone can understand, in cold, hard cash.  Here is a list of rebates and coupons for water conservation products and services.

There are five easy things you can do to save money on your water bill. Some are common sense, others may require a little effort.

Over four dozen coal plants are being targeted in 29 states. Roughly 50% of the power in the United States is produced by Coal powered plants.

A condo development is Boston is giving away an unusual incentive. They are targeting the green crowd with a great freebie.

The Nevada legislature in 2005 had passed a law giving very generous tax breaks to Green projects (LEED). Earlier this year, they decided perhaps they were too generous and changed the law. How will this effect future green projects?

Check out this green condo example in Toronto. Green technology is coming along.

The Union park development in Las Vegas has been accepted into a LEED pilot program. It should be the biggest commercial green project in the state.

There is a "green" operating system for your computer. Its a linux version called gOS. The tagline for gOS is “An alternative OS for the masses“.

Why more green projects are showing up in Nevada. It could be about the money.

Former vice president Al Gore was recognized for his documentary on Global Warming, An Inconvenient Truth. Mr. Gore was presented with

At Lightfair 2007 in New York City, there were so many promising CFL and LED fixtures. One that caught my eye was LED Lighting Fixture, Inc.’s LR6. This LED looked like it was wearing a metal hat and simply screwed into a typical 6” recessed lighting can, as demonstrated by one of the salespersons.

A new green project has been announced for downtown Las Vegas. The Verge lofts will be a new green project.

Nevada is getting its first green loft building. Green Valley lofts will be built in Henderson, Nevada.