Indoor air quality is a serious concern, no thanks to many of the building materials and furnishings we bring into our home and their polluting chemicals, one of which is formaldehyde. The Environme...
click thumbnails for larger pics Kevin Toukoumidis is the LEED architect behind sustainability-focused dSPACE studio, comprised of three parts design: architecture (including full renovation), inter...
The Ecofaebrick (cow dung brick) just won the $25,000 top prize from the University of California at Berkeley's Global Social Venture Competition. The price? About the same you'd pay for an ordinary...
We were just introduced to one of the coolest eco-pavers on the scene — VAST Composite Pavers. They look like bricks, but they're actually made of recycled tires and plastic containers......
This booth had something we'd never seen before: a full wood bathroom (sink, tub and all!). We stopped to chat with Laurie and Daniel, who run Gardenside and take pics. More info and pics below.....
This was one of our favorite new booths. Andrew Moe showed off a super simple line of ash furniture, The Oslo Line, made of reclaimed lumber that had relatively low price points, compared to the su...
EcoFaeBrick found a way to use waste matter to build homes in Indonesian regions where cow dung is abundant (and constantly being produced!). Using cow dung for bricks avoids the environmental damag...
Cork is making a comeback in a big way. We've seen it pop up all over the place — in flooring, wall displays, stools, and lamps. Cork is harvested from the bark of a cork tree (without injur...
So, you want to build green. But where do you start? What are the latest and best materials? Well, online sustainable materials library Ecolect has the answer. They've just launched an annual m...
8110 Monticello AvenueSkokie, Illinois 60076847.568.1340www.horiganufp.com Looking for salvaged wood but don’t know where to go? Horigan Urban Forest Products may be one of the best salvaged wood ...
The new California Academy of Sciences is an incredibly innovative green building. The green roof was created by a leading landscape consulting firm, which developed a biodegradable module system int...
Ever wondered how you install that super-cool modern siding you're seeing on all the hot new prefabs? You know, the siding that is simple horizontal planks with just a bit of space between each one? ...
"FSC-Certified." The phrase is thrown around quite a lot in the green building and green product worlds. A piece of furniture made from FSC-certified wood is greener than one made from traditionall...
It's one of those things we remember learning at some point during grade school -- wear a black T-shirt out on the playground and it will get hotter than a white T-shirt. Same goes for your roof a...
Looking for a room divider? What's not to love about one made out of bamboo! Here are a few options to choose from....
TerraMai is a great resource for reclaimed woods – they source a variety of places such as railway ties, warehouses, mills, barns, wine barrels, tanks any other previously used wood that may be salv...
Humble drywall is one of the key materials in modern construction: it's relatively lightweight, inexpensive, and requires less skill than plaster to install. It helps make wood buildings safer in fir...
From time to time, Re-nest will be looking at green deck materials. This post is the first in the series. Bear Board is decking made from recycled HDPE plastic. That's high-density polyethelene&mdas...
(Hello to Dany, one of the bloggers trying out for a spot on the Re-Nest editorial team. Comments are welcome!) Instead of shipping very heavy stone, or using faux stone, we chose to use stone from o...
With the hot weather and everyone beating a path up to the roof, here's a really nice way to keep it cool, green and growing. We can all help create the green city of the future with these guys. ...
Sometimes, we get so caught up with the high-tech solutions to green building that it's easy to overlook the simple solutions. Awnings are a simple way to keep summer sun and heat out of your house. ...
We were surprised by this wood bicycle displayed in the airport in Portland, Oregon. First, we thought of the cardboard bike Stephanie posted last week. Then, we realized this bicycle is a thing of ...
Hello to Trent, one of the bloggers trying out for a spot on the Re-Nest editorial team. Comments are welcome...My girlfriend and I recently purchased our first house, built in 1950 and not updated si...
A crazed raccoon dug a hole in our aging roof last week. We had been waiting as long as possible before replacing the roof, but now we've got to take action. ...
If you're planning to build a new house, or looking into concrete countertops, you should know about fly ash. It's a waste product from coal-fired power plants, and it can help make your concrete muc...
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