Since the new millennium, “green” building has become a buzzword, but not everything is as green as it may seem. “It’s important to ask the hard questions,” said architect Doug Graybeal, of Graybeal ...

In my last column, I made the case for the importance of energy efficiency and sustainability in the construction of new homes and renovation of existing homes. I promised that in my next column I ...

They’re of higher quality, and they save consumers money. Those are the two key factors contributing to the green-home market growth, according to the latest “SmartMarket Report” from McGraw-Hill ...

ASHEVILLE - To build a home at a proposed West Asheville subdivision, there is only one rule — the home must power itself. A new 17-lot green home subdivision has been proposed for 1 Greenius Way off ...

Las Vegas builder Brian Plaster's new home is a verifiable, certified green home, built to the highest green building standards available at this time. The 4,400-square-foot, two-story home is located ...

Above: Rendering of the proposed home. Header Image: Members of the Solar Decathlon Team in the Boulder Ponderosa Pines neighborhood. The team is running a crowdfunding campaign in January and ...

BRATTLEBORO -- During the home stretch of writing his book, Alex Wilson spent a week in the woods in Maine. Although the need for authors to seek solitude is not uncommon, in this case, the vision of ...

Does a home have to be expensive or unusual-looking to live up to current sustainability standards? Not at all, according to two top authorities on green building: the U.S. Green Building Council ...

MOUNT VERNON — Local entrepreneur Kevin Maas has gone from turning manure into an energy source to building Mount Vernon’s first certified Built Green home. Built Green is a certification given by the ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - January 20, 2009-Brattleboro, Vermont-based BuildingGreen, LLC, just announced the launch of GreenBuildingAdvisor.com. Accessing the nation's oldest, deepest database of ...