Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 12/01/2008
You may not know anyone with a geothermal heating and cooling system in the house, but you will soon. With tax credits and financial incentives plus lowered utility bills and increased energy... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 12/01/2008
Builder Tim Yandow's latest endeavor is a breed of building rapidly increasing in popularity: green homes built from the ground up. Every aspect of the construction is carefully thought out, with effi... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 12/01/2008
In 1979, President Carter installed a solar water heater on the roof of the White House, which Reagan removed in 1986. Ironically, it was George W. Bush – much maligned by environmentalists –... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/26/2008
At the Greenbuild Conference and Expo last week, 807 exhibitors showcased products and services from recycled paper to advanced, high-efficiency climate control systems. ---------- By Sarah Shemkus f... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/26/2008
European countries are far ahead of the United States in developing a new system for creating energy-efficient buildings. ---------- By Bill Boyne from the Post-Bulletin. They have adopted the... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/26/2008
Researchers from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) have built a roof covered with plants and a watering system that will optimise the consumption of a building’s heating and cooling systems t... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/26/2008
The term "geothermal energy" might bring to mind hot springs and billows of steam rising from the soil, but you can get energy from the ground without moving to Iceland or Yellowstone. You just... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/25/2008
The results of both reports show a frustrating picture for LED replacements. Most manufacturers claim much too high values for their products. ---------- By LED Professional. DoE recently released... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/25/2008
William McDonough aims to create buildings that produce oxygen, sequester carbon, and produce more power than they use. McDonough has parlayed his thinking into the influential book Cradle to... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/25/2008
MoveInCertified.com has announced a new Green Certification initiative that will help to identify environmentally friendly homes to home buyers and help promote environmentally friendly homes... |