Tag: Housing Industry - Page 7
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Go Green Expo: John Picard Interview on the Upside of the Downturn
Designer, builder, entrepreneur, and sustainability expert, John Picard has been committed to the environment since he went off the grid 20 years ago. Founder of the US Green Building Council and a member of Clinton's green team at the White House, he
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LEED Home Award Winners are Walkscore FAIL
The Keesler Air Force Base project in Biloxi, Miss., by Hunt Yates currently has 792 registered single-family homes pursuing LEED for Homes certification, making it the largest LEED-certified project in the nation and the first Air Force installation to
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The Year In Green Modern Homes
TreeHugger hasn't covered a lot of single family houses this year, even if they are green to the gills; they are rarely in urban settings, often expensive and not good poster children for how we are going to have to design our
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California Study Finds New Homes Are Toxic
A year ago we complained that energy efficiency was obviously a good thing, but not at the cost of air quality and the health of occupants. Energy efficient houses are built to be as airtight as possible,
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How Many Square Feet Do You Live In?
After our post on the couple who lived in 175 square feet, Mike wondered how much space TreeHugger and Planet Green contributors occupied, and it was a surprising result. Not one respondent lived in a house as large as the American average new home
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Robert Heinlein's House of the Future
Images from Popular Mechanics
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Bamboo Hut On Stilts Wins Climate Adaptation Award, Helping Ecuadorian Coastal Dwellers
International Networkd for Bamboo & Rattan (INBAR) won the US$200,000 grant award, as described in their press release. "...Increased flooding in Ecuador's coastal regions often destroy peoples homes. INBAR
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The End of the Road for Modern Prefab? This Just Might Be The Beginning!
A few weeks ago I wrote The Glidehouse Is At The End Of The Road For Green Modern Prefab, my thoughts on the rise and, I thought, fall of the modern prefab movement. Joe Tanney is partner in Resolution: 4 architecture and architect of the original
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The Open Source House Project, Sharing Eco-Affordable Housing Solutions (Video)
Affordable and sustainable housing for urban, low-income areas is much needed all around the world. In order to improve the overall quality of life in these places, architect Vincent van der Meulen together with Enviu, the Dutch organisation behind the
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Houses Get Small (Sort Of) In Response to Recession
Is it just the economy or is there a real change going on? Michael Phillips writes in the Wall Street Journal about how builders are offering smaller houses than they have in years. The Scarlett O'Hara stairs and two storey halls
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The Glidehouse Is At The End Of The Road For Green Modern Prefab
In 2002 Allison Arieff and Bryan Burkhart wrote Prefab and started a revolution. Architects and entrepreneurs all over America started looking at prefab differently. Early off the mark were Michelle Kaufmann, who launched her Glidehouse, and myself,
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Architecture and Market Viability Awards Kick Off the 2009 Solar Decathlon Competitions
With the houses assembled and the team dinners shared, the focus of the 2009 Solar Decathlon has switched to competition. While the goal of the event is to educate students and the public on the potential of solar building
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Solar Decathlon 2009 in Photos and Video (Slideshow)
The 2009 Solar Decathlon has turned the National Mall into a solar village. Get a tour of the houses and hear from the builders and designers in our
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Solar Decathlon 2009 in Photos and Video
The 2009 Solar Decathlon has turned the National Mall into a solar village. Competitors from across the country and around the world have brought their designs to Washington, DC, to compete against other university and college students. Do you have comm
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A Solar Village Pops Up on the National Mall
If you head down to the National Mall in Washington, DC, anytime from today until October 21, you will be surprised to find that a new neighborhood of solar-powered homes has sprung up.
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End The Thermostat Wars: Zone In, Drop Out, Save Money
Central heating is pretty much the US norm for standalone family residences. There are exceptions in far southern homes
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"Weatherization" Window Salesmen Overselling Savings And Wrecking Historic Buildings
The tax credits are big and the salesmen are out, promoting vinyl window replacement as the best way to cut your heating bills. No matter that on a cost-effectiveness basis it is just about the last thing you should do, or that the new windows don't
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Urban Sustainable Design by Jim Gall
Green design is more than just energy, and even a magazine from an Alternative Energy Association in Australia gets that. Sanctuary Magazine publishes an urban home in Brisbane (online) by Jim Gall of Gall & Medek where they have
