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guide to healthier buildings

New guide offers good advice on how to "make homes healthier for people and planet"

The World Green Building Council has some tips about ventilation, insulation and lighting.

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter in Green Architecture December 12, 2018

This Moving House

Tasteful three-bed van conversion is for touring chef

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok December 14, 2018

danish fire equipment

New report calls for redesigning large vehicles in urban environments

Sustainable Product Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 13, 2018

Tiny House Scotland

The NestPod is a comfortable, four-bed tiny home on wheels

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok December 12, 2018

Potato Head Family

Zero-waste restaurant serves up recycled materials & line-caught fish

Green Architecture

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok December 11, 2018

exterior of the trampery at the Gantry

A Plug-In City rises in London at the Trampery on the Gantry

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 11, 2018

Alex Delaunay

Stair of the week is a shifting workspace with alternating treads

Interior Design

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok December 10, 2018

Skender prototype

Has Skender cracked the code of modular housing?

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 10, 2018

Lochside house closer

RIBA house of the year is an off-grid "sustainable" gem

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 7, 2018

Tiny Shiny Home

Renovated Airstream is 'Tiny Shiny Home' for family of six

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok December 7, 2018

west facade

New Life Science Building at University of Washington is described as "hyper-sustainable"

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 7, 2018

Phil in a row

Emanuele Pizzolorusso's refillable bottle tells you where to go

Sustainable Product Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 6, 2018

freeAir

Tiny smart heat recovery ventilator does the job for Passivhaus apartments

Sustainable Product Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 5, 2018

cork tree in front of factory

Is cork the perfect green building material?

Sustainable Product Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 5, 2018

Studio Buell

The Orchid is a luxurious Scandinavian-inspired tiny home

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok December 4, 2018

Ben in front of house

How to build your own Passivhaus in 231 easy lessons

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 4, 2018

Leonard Faustle

Modern loft is part of family's multigenerational living scheme

Interior Design

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok December 3, 2018

Cestaria

Passivhaus may well become the new standard of luxury for tourism

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter November 30, 2018

Laurian Ghinitoiu

Coworking-inspired school gets kids to learn through interactive play

Interior Design

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok November 30, 2018

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vegan tacos

5 remarkable health benefits of a plant-based diet

rotisserie chickens

People eat so much chicken that it's changing the geological record

rick and morty

How 'Rick and Morty' explains why humans keep destroying the environment

avocado halves

Start washing your avocados

This Moving House

Tasteful three-bed van conversion is for touring chef

neti pot

Death by neti pot: The lesson in one woman's tragic experience

greenhouse in the snow

Former mailman builds geothermal greenhouse in the midwest; gets local citrus all year for $1 a day

10th-century Anglo Saxon potion kills MRSA superbug

10th-century Anglo Saxon potion kills MRSA superbug

Nugget exterior

Ford Transit camper van has everything you need, including a toilet

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