Posts tagged: Sustainable Architecture

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 »

Top 10 Green Building Products

Sustainable Industries Magazine recently introduced its winners of the sixth annual Top 10 Green Building Products award. The winners were chosen by an expert panel of judges from more than 100 entries based upon design aesthetic, environmental performance, innovativeness, scalability/market impact, as well as value and compatibility using the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED rating [...]

Monday September 26th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Green Building Industry to Hold 20% Share by 2013

      In only a handful of years, green building has moved from obscurity to a significant trend in the global construction market. Canaccord Genuity expects its share of the world construction market to be over 20% by 2013.  Longer-term, they expect green building practices to become the norm in the construction industry. Currently. the US green building market is estimated at  $36 billion [...]

Thursday August 25th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »