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Donna & Riley's Zero Energy Idea House
Green Tour

Name: Zero Energy Idea House Homeowners: Donna and Riley Shirey Location: Bellevue, Washington Size: 1630 square feet Date completed: April, 2009 Meaningful design, sustainability, eco-conscious ar...

The Way Milk Should Be: A Visit to Snowville Creamery
Farm Tour

We seem to spend a lot of time bemoaning the state of food in America. There's so much that isn't the way it ought to be that sometimes we forget to celebrate and appreciate places that are producing ...

This Weekend: National Solar Tour

Do you like our green tours, but wish you could see something in person? This weekend is your opportunity to see a ton of green homes: the ASES National Solar Tour is the world's largest grassroots...

Joan and Johann's Mission Maisonette
Green Tour

Name: Joan Yokom and Johann Fitzgerald Location: The Mission, San Francisco Size: 660 square feet Years lived in: 6 years Joan Yokom and Johann Fitzgerald have garnered a lot of positive attention ...

Katy and Tighe's Cozy Island Cottage
Green Tour

Names: Katy and Tighe Location: Vashon, Washington Size: 850 square feet Years lived in: 1 year, rented Back when Katy and Tighe were city dwellers, they lived a semi-country life. They built a gre...

Sara & Pete's Eclectic Prop House
Green Tour

Names: Sara & Pete Size: 5,000 square feet, including the basement apartment Years Lived in: 10 Sara and Pete's DC rowhouse is decorated with a mix of antiques and repurposed theater props. The ...

Studio 804's Off-the-Grid Modern
Green Tour

Name: 3716 Springfield by Studio 804 Location: Kansas City, Kansas Size: 2,600 square feet Year built: 2009 The latest project of Studio 804 - a design/build program at the University of Kansas' Sc...

Joyce's Eco-Friendly Home
House Call

Name: Joyce Location: Stow, Massachusetts "We live in an eco-home that we designed and built on the foundation of a 1959 ranch. It was designed to embrace the beauty of simple natural materials, op...

Chuck & Jessica's 196 Square Foot Green Shed
Green Tour

Name: Chuck and Jessica Location: Silver Spring, Maryland Size: 196 square feet Years lived in: Completed this year, 2009 Chuck is an architect and furniture designer and Jessica is a painter, so ...

Green Tour: Helen & Frazer's Solar Powered Beach Shack
Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

Name: Helen & Frazer Cunningham Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK Type: Beach Shack Size: Dolls House! Years lived in: Owned for 4 years Enter Helen & Frazer's Gallery Visiting the shack is not...

Green Tour: A Future Forward Four-Square

Location: Chicago, IL Size: 3600 sq/ft Years lived in: For Sale! >> Enter Slideshow Located in the picturesque and historic Chicago neighborhood, Ravenswood Manor, this home is a future forward â€...

Green Tour: Hudson Valley Fiber Farm
New York

Location: Hudson Valley, New York Size: 3 bedrooms, 1,400 square feet Years lived in: We’ve lived in the house full-time for about 8 months, but it’s been in my boyfriend’s (Patrick's) family s...

Green Tour: Matthew and Emma's Eco Environment
New York

Name: Matthew and Emma McGregor-Mento Location: New York, NY Size: 650 sq/ft Years lived in: 6 months >> Enter Slideshow When Matthew and Emma bought their 6th floor apartment in the East Village,...

Green Style: Shaker House Tour

>> Enter Gallery Tour Our friend's family have a house up in the Berkshires, and we feel lucky to visit them each summer (Here are pics from last summer). The house is one of a small bunch which or...

North Eagle Treehouse Renovation by Jeremy Levine

This isn't a typical tree house - rather than tear down trees on the existing site, designer Jeremey Levin chose to include three trees as central parts of this outstanding renovation and addition. ...

Modern Cape Cod Beach House by ZeroEnergy Design

click thumbnails for larger pics This large beach house on Cape Cod is the weekend and summer home for a large Boston family — the home owners often share the space with their adult children an...

Green Tour: Jora and Bryan's Organic Remodel
Los Angeles

Name: Jora and Bryan Location: San Diego, California Size: 3500 sq.ft. Years lived in: 1 >> Enter Slideshow Owners Jora and Bryan remodeled a hillside home into their MidCentury-style dream ho...

Sneak Peek: Before and Afters from Danny Seo's Home
Simply Green Spring 2009 LookBook

click thumbnails for larger picsReaders of Daily Danny know that he's been hard at work doing a green renovation of his home and working with JCPenney as their Green Living partner. Here are a few sh...

House Tour: Marcella's Miracle Cob House
Cullinan, South Africa

Name: Marcella de Boom Occupation: Artist Location: Cullinan, South Africa Type: Cob house Size: 970 sq.ft. Years lived in: 9 >> See Marcella's Gallery! Marcella de Boom is no ordinary woman, s...

House Tour: Chris' Green Home
Philadelphia

Name: Chris Location: Philadelphia Size: 1750 sq.ft. Years lived in: 2, Own >> See Chris' Green Home! Chris may wear a size 11 shoe, but you wouldnʼt be able to tell by the size of his carbon foo...

Monte-Silo House made from Two Corrugated Grain Silos

This unique home was designed by Gigaplex Architects for a single person living in Woodland, Utah. The home is constructed of two linked corrugated-metal grain silos making for some great circular int...

Green Home Tour: Erica Tanov's Secondhand Beauty

Name: Erica Tanov Location: Berkeley, CA Size: 3,500 sq/ft Years lived in: 2 yrs. (owned) >> Enter Slideshow Erica Tanov is most well-known as a women's clothing designer, with stores in Berkeley,...

Amazing Missouri Home Built in Natural Cave
But the Owners Might be Forced to Sell

I'll be the first to admit that it's a little sad that this beautiful natural cave that used to host performers such as Bob Seger and Tina Turner is now a private residence but from a green building p...

Vote Now! A Barn Inspired Wisconsin Retreat
Natural Home Favorite 15

Remember the awesome house tour we featured back in September, A Barn Inspired Wisconsin Retreat? Natural Home has chosen it as one of their favorite 15 homes featured in the past 10 years of the maga...

House Call: The Vhouse
Los Angeles

click for more pics Name: Vhouse Architects: XTEN Architecture Location: Sherman Oaks, CA We've always had a love and hate relationship with the Valley. Growing up on the northern most part of the S...