Posts tagged: Green building

The Home of the Future

In the U.S., green building can mean a lot of things — recycled greywater, roof gardens, solar panels and the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification all come to mind. But in Europe, many green builders focus laser-like on the amount of energy a building consumes, half of which [...]

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7 Most Striking Examples of Green Building

Green architecture is the future architecture to tackle the power shortage and to preserve our environment from pollution. Many government and private organizations are coming up with new innovative ideas to boost the green architecture. These buildings will feed on renewable sources for energy and will cut down the carbon emission in huge amount. Since [...]

Monday November 7th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Green Tech In A Sustainable Home: Retaining The Human Touch

How do green and energy-efficient technologies fit into the whole concept of a sustainable home? Among the green tech and energy-efficient features being built into a contemporary home under construction in Hingham, Mass., are solar photovoltaic and solar thermal systems, electronic lighting control, passive solar heating, staggered stud construction, ZIP System structural wall panels and [...]

Thursday October 20th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Cost-Plus Pricing is Blocking the Road to Green Construction

Guest Post by Derek Singleton At Software Advice, a software review website, I recently decided to look into how we build our roads. We hardly ever think about it, but building our roads is one of the most environmentally – and economically – taxing things we do. Our roads system connects us to everywhere we [...]

Saturday September 3rd, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Green Building Is Long-Life Building

Guest Post by James Kim Green building might seem intimidating, costly and time-consuming, but it can be very simple to start. It’s not limited to the large new office buildings that you see going up in the suburbs, you can begin with yourself. If you are looking for a new home, for example in the [...]

Friday August 26th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »