LEED Platinum Prefab Home Now Available
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Shelter | Comments OffYet another large step in the quest to make green building efficient and more affordable: Green building leader Bensonwood Homes has constructed a prototype net zero-energy home that was recently awarded LEED Platinum status, the U.S. ...
The 2030 Challenge Stimulus: Better Economy, Better Energy, Better Planet
Thursday, January 15th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Shelter | Comments OffAs policy makers in Washington D.C. continue working on the anticipated U.S. economic stimulus package, leading thinkers from all corners of the sustainability movement are building their cases for taking this historic opportunity to stimulate bright ...
Passive Survivability Revisited: The Hurriquake Nail
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Shelter | Comments OffAccording to the research-based predictions of urban affairs and planning expert Arthur C. Nelson about half the buildings that Americans will use in 2030 will have been built after 2000. This gives us Americans an ...
Rolex Award Honors Sustainable Building Solution in Paraguay
Friday, December 19th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Shelter | Comments OffSocial innovator and entrepreneur Elsa Zaldívar has developed a new product for home construction in Paraguay. The material, produced as panels that can be used as a substitute for wood, is lightweight but sturdy, and relatively ...
Infrastructural Domesticity
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Shelter | Comments OffBecause "it takes too long to come down to ground level each day to make it worthwhile," a crane operator on the Burj Dubai – the world's tallest building – ...
Architectural Gem of the Day: Casa Tolo, Portugal
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Shelter | Comments OffI came across this gorgeous design for a vacation home in northern Portugal this morning, and was absolutely inspired by its display of creativity, efficiency and relative affordability: The structure, designed by architect Alvaro Leite Size ...
Architectural Gem of the Day: Casa Tolo, Portugal
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Shelter | Comments OffI came across this gorgeous design for a vacation home in northern Portugal this morning, and was absolutely inspired by its display of creativity, efficiency and relative affordability: The structure, designed by architect Alvaro Leite Size ...
Old homes get smart
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Shelter | Comments OffSmart metering is coming. Within a decade, you’ll know exactly how much every flip of a switch or turn of a knob costs in monthly utility charges. By Adam Stein The Times profiles two British seaside towns on ...
Rehabbed Microhomes in Reno
Sunday, May 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Shelter | Comments OffFor me, at least, the term microhomes usually calls to mind the boutique, super-fashionable and somewhat extremist end of sustainable housing. Now two women in Reno, Nevada are making it their business to put the trend ...
Casas Tristes (”Sad Houses”)
Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Shelter | Comments OffI'm on the lookout for a new flat in Berlin again and i still have to recover from the discovery that prices have increased fast and implacably, at least in the Prenzlauerberg area. Which brought back ...
Casas Tristes (”Sad Houses”)
Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Shelter | Comments OffI'm on the lookout for a new flat in Berlin again and i still have to recover from the discovery that prices have increased fast and implacably, at least in the Prenzlauerberg area. Which brought back ...