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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Building these huge pieces ahead of time reduces waste (and time) at the construction site, Schmidt said. And at the factories, the waste from making the pieces is recycled or used as fuel, said Dave ...

That partly explains how the showcase home at the International Builders Show in Orlando, Fla., earlier this month earned a Gold rating for green building, despite being a 6,725-square-foot, ...

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