green building

Florida builder uses steel refrigeration panels for energy efficient home construction, saving home owners 60% on energy costs while at the same time utilizing sustainable building products

The most energy-efficient businesses in the U.S. can consume a third less energy than a more conventional company. By arming themselves with knowledge about the financial benefits of sustainability upgrades, facility managers can make these efficiency programs an easy sell.

A review of 320 studies, announced today, found that design definitely impacts human health.

Aussie Klara Marosszek has developed a commercially viable hemp building material. Fire and pest resistant hemp concrete is made by mixing hemp hurds (the pithy core of the stem), lime-based binder, water and a little sand. This is not a new technique, as century old bridges in France were made from hemp concrete.

5 cool urban design ideas that bring a touch of green to the drab city gray

A year after it was practically wiped off the map by a tornado, Greensburg is rising again — and going green, too, with solar panels, wind turbines, tinted windows, water-saving toilets and other energy-efficient technology.

City officials just passed legislation which would require all new single family homes built in Montgomery county to meet the federal energy efficiency standards known as Energy Star. Do you agree or disagree with this type of legislation and why?

A look at our newly finished 85% recycled glass counter top and bamboo panels for our commercial lobby desk.

Lists the most ambitious clean energy and environmental-sustainability projects in the world today.

American cities with the biggest buildings and the smallest carbon footprints.

Fred Maas, President and CEO of Black Mountain Ranch LLC and Developer of Del Sur, an 1,800-acre "green" residential community in San Diego, Calif.,praised Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), John Ensign (R-NV) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) for introducing the "Clean Energy Stimulus Act." The Act extends expiring tax credits for renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Interesting article on how green building is a very effective climate change solution to invest in. A study shows that it reduces carbon output far more than investments in nuclear or clean coal and saves consumers money while creating jobs.

Here's what the hippies (and me) like.

Bahrain builds world's largest building-integrated wind-turbines and they sure are gorgeous.

The Lucida's Web site provides information related to the Upper East Side's first LEED-certified green building.  The site is a great resource for those looking to green their life through residential lifestyle changes.