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Reflections on Laudato Si - Continued

Jan 26, 2016 10:30 AM ET - It’s why building the circular economy is so important. When you design for disassembly, eliminate the concept of waste and optimize the utility of our limited raw materials, as nature so beautifully does, you offer hope of a future where the needs...

Net Zero Neighborhood

Jan 20, 2016 6:00 AM ET - The 42 homes in this Seattle micro-community are super efficient and solar ready.

Small Hydropower Expected to Grow and A Net Zero Neighborhood

Jan 18, 2016 10:00 AM ET - Has the building industry simply turned its back on issues like climate change, rapidly evolving technologies, emerging regulations, labor and materials, plus the economic uncertainties of building in the year to come?

How to Run Electrical Through Structural Insulated Panels

Jan 14, 2016 6:30 AM ET - Builders at Mariposa Meadows are following these best practices for running electrical wires using chases.

Dynamic Buildings: Customizing Structures for Human Comfort and Sustainability

Jan 13, 2016 1:00 PM ET - Architecture students at Purdue University are kick-starting a bold new initiative to integrate people into the design and operation of buildings they inhabit. As part of a broader effort to reestablish a relationship with one’s local environment,...

What Makes a Home Livable?

Jan 13, 2016 9:00 AM ET - From a building science perspective, three things define a home's comfort level: moisture, temperature and noise...

Carnival Corporation’s New Sustainability Report Highlights Key Environmental and Social Initiatives

Jan 12, 2016 10:20 AM ET - Carnival Corporation & plc, the world's largest travel and leisure company, released its 2014 Sustainability Report in December detailing the company’s sustainability efforts across its 10 cruise line brands, including its 2020...

Smart Home Leader Nexia™ Emphasizes Reliability Over Novelty

Jan 5, 2016 8:05 AM ET - Customers want devices that work reliably and make daily life easier, a need that smart home pioneer Nexia™ addresses at this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The brand is unveiling new products and features that support the goal of...

What Makes a Home "Livable?"

Jan 4, 2016 9:35 AM ET - What Makes a Home "Livable?" From a building science perspective, three things define a home's comfort level: moisture, temperature and noise. Video: The Solar Airplane Has Already Become a Reality We predicted that it would happen...

Let’s Play a Game

Dec 29, 2015 10:00 AM ET - I’m encouraged by the recent trend of gamification, in particular its applications in the environmental space.

WERS Program in Action

Dec 28, 2015 9:00 AM ET - WERS Program In Action WERS Program Helps Homebuilder Save Thousands on Building Permit Fees

Congratulating a Friend on a Job Well Done

Dec 22, 2015 10:00 AM ET - Last week, I got to celebrate the Winter Solstice in another form.

Climate Talks are Over, Now What?

Dec 21, 2015 10:00 AM ET - How To Run Electric Through SIPs: Builders at Mariposa Meadows are following these best practices for running electrical wires using chases. ...

Green Builder® Media Announces Winners of the 8th Annual Home of the Year Awards

Dec 18, 2015 6:00 AM ET - Green Builder Media, recently announced the winners of its 8th Annual Green Home of the Year Awards. Nine projects were selected to represent this year’s best green homes. This year’s homes upped the ante on overall sustainability and several of the...

CH2M Announced as Recipient of World Environment Center’s 2016 Gold Medal Award for Sustainable Development

Dec 15, 2015 9:00 AM ET - The World Environment Center (WEC) is pleased to announce that the 2016 Gold Medal Award for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development has been awarded to CH2M, one of the world’s premier infrastructure and natural resource...

That Grantmaker Plays a Mean Bass Guitar

Dec 14, 2015 12:00 PM ET - We grantmakers should strive to be enablers, finding effective partners and using our charitable gifts to allow those partners to be the best versions of themselves.

Green Home Valuation Gets a Boost and an Insulation and Air Sealing Primer

Dec 14, 2015 9:20 AM ET - Green Home Valuation Gets a Boost Will green homes finally get the appraisal values they deserve? ...

As Simple, or Perhaps Complicated, as Flicking a Switch

Dec 8, 2015 10:00 AM ET - Breakthrough Energy Coalition has pledged investment dollars to bring to market and scale clean and affordable energy technologies.

Modular Hobbit House and Natural Building

Dec 7, 2015 10:35 AM ET - Modular Hobbit House Can Be Buried in Your Back Yard A new twist on tiny house living, the prefab system is virtually indestructible, and takes advantage of earth sheltering to optimize energy use.

Brightening Our Corner - Fall 2015

Dec 7, 2015 10:00 AM ET - Biomimicry Global Design Challenge 2015 Names Finalists. New Challenge OpensHundreds of innovators from around the world engaged in the 2015 ...

King County Makes a Bold Commitment to Living Buildings

Dec 3, 2015 2:20 PM ET - As part of a bold initiative to counter the effects of climate change, the King County Council recently voted unanimously to approve its new Strategic Climate Action Plan (SCAP), laying out a blueprint for concrete, actionable work in the realm of...

Next Generation of Architects Designing Zero Energy Housing Prototypes

Dec 2, 2015 4:00 PM ET - Every semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a new group of students participate in the Zero Energy Housing Studio to design, engineer and student-build a 4 to 10 unit Zero Energy Housing Prototype.

A New Kind of Olympics

Nov 30, 2015 2:45 PM ET - So what would the Olympics look like in non-sports form? Let’s assume the whole world was willing to gather for some other purpose, sending official delegations, national leaders, support staff and even fans to one city for two weeks. What if that...

The Changing Face of Home Security

Nov 24, 2015 6:00 AM ET - The newest residential security systems are incorporating smart home technology and greater user control.

Underground Garden Harvests Sunlight Above Ground and More

Nov 23, 2015 9:00 AM ET - Lost World? Underground Lair in New York City Harvests Sunlight Above Ground to Create a Garden Below the Asphalt Jungle. The "Lowline" project is invisible to the thousands of people who walk on Delancey Street each day, right over the...

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Reflections on Laudato Si - Continued

Net Zero Neighborhood

Small Hydropower Expected to Grow and A Net Zero Neighborhood

How to Run Electrical Through Structural Insulated Panels

Dynamic Buildings: Customizing Structures for Human Comfort and Sustainability

What Makes a Home Livable?

Carnival Corporation’s New Sustainability Report Highlights Key Environmental and Social Initiatives

Smart Home Leader Nexia™ Emphasizes Reliability Over Novelty

What Makes a Home "Livable?"

Let’s Play a Game

WERS Program in Action

Congratulating a Friend on a Job Well Done

Climate Talks are Over, Now What?

Green Builder® Media Announces Winners of the 8th Annual Home of the Year Awards

CH2M Announced as Recipient of World Environment Center’s 2016 Gold Medal Award for Sustainable Development

That Grantmaker Plays a Mean Bass Guitar

Green Home Valuation Gets a Boost and an Insulation and Air Sealing Primer

As Simple, or Perhaps Complicated, as Flicking a Switch

Modular Hobbit House and Natural Building

Brightening Our Corner - Fall 2015

King County Makes a Bold Commitment to Living Buildings

Next Generation of Architects Designing Zero Energy Housing Prototypes

A New Kind of Olympics

The Changing Face of Home Security

Underground Garden Harvests Sunlight Above Ground and More

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