Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/11/2009
I’ve seen a lot of ingenious uses of materials curing my research into green building materials. Leftover wheat straw is turned into kitchen cupboards, recycled tires into roofing shingles, bamboo... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/11/2009
The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) has teamed up with TÜV Rheinland LGA of Germany as a technical partner for GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality certification in Europe. TÜV Rheinland LGA... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/10/2009
We’re just about ready to insulate our basement game room and have been exploring a number of options for achieving maximum efficiency. I thought our research might help a few of you out there... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/10/2009
One million energy-efficient homes qualifying for the Energy Star rating have been built in the U.S. since the program was launched in 1995, the Environmental Protection Agency said. November... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/10/2009
Homeowners can get up to $1,500 back from the federal government for any number of energy-efficient house upgrades
Among the home energy-efficiency incentives now available are tax credits... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/10/2009
San Rafael architect Nabih Tahan designed his passive house in Berkeley (Provided by BAU Technologies) November 8, 2009, by Jim Welte Published by Marin Independent JournalWITH WINTER on the way, the... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/09/2009
Heat from the earth can be used as an energy source in many ways, from large and complex power stations to small and relatively simple pumping systems. This heat energy, known as geothermal energy,... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/09/2009
John B. Carnett, PopSci’s staff photographer, is using the latest green technology to build his dream home. Follow his progress at popsci.com/greendream. Peter Bollinger
November 11, 2009,... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/09/2009
Home builder Lance Schmidt hears it all the time: Green building costs more. But he and his colleagues are out to prove otherwise.
November 9, 2009, by Mary Beth Breckenridge Published by... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/09/2009
Green building activity has sustained impressive growth during 2009, amid a brutal construction market that has decimated other segments of the construction marketplace, according to the 2009... |