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White House Seeks LEED Certification

Since taking office earlier this year, the Obama’s brought much attention to organic gardening with their vegetable garden. Their latest green home effort? Getting the White House LEED certified &...

Some Buildings Not Living Up To LEED
New York Times

An interesting article in the New York Times this morning focuses on how some buildings that have earned LEED certification aren't living up to their green promises. The problem, apparently, is a disc...

Chicago’s First LEED Platinum & Zero Net Energy Home

We’re in lurve with this house: it's gorgeous, modern and super innovative. Slated to be one of Chicago’s first LEED platinum homes and run the city's first residential grey water system, the ho...

The Sage House Sets a New LEED Platinum Score Record

If you have the resources to go all out and make your home as green as possible, what might it look like? We always like to catch a glimpse inside LEED-certified homes and be inspired by what's pos...

America's First Zero-Impact Living Building
Fast Company July/August 2009

The Omega Center for Sustainable Living is a $3.2 million "living building" in Rhinebeck, New York, the first of its kind to have no detrimental environmental effects. The main component of the des...

Green Seal Product Certification

Right now we're eyeball-deep in studying for the LEED AP exam and have come across a ton of good sources for green living in the process. One such resource is the Green Seal standard, which certif...

Ohio Students Help Build Affordable LEED-Platinum Home
...and generate less than 2.4 lbs of waste

The Home B.A.S.E. (Building Academic Skills and Experiences) teaches high school students in Columbus, Ohio how to build green homes. Led by a building and technology education teacher at Columbus H...

RainShine LEED Platinum House by Robert M. Cain

The RainShine house is the first modernist home to achieve the LEED Platinum level in the Southeastern United States. Located in Decatur, Georgia and designed by architect Robert M. Cain, the 2,800 ...

Look! The Greenest Garage in Chicago

Do you see what we spied tucked away in this alley? We did a double take as we walked by…...

First LEED Platinum House in Virginia
Jetson Green

This stunning Arlington, Virginia house is the first Virginia home to gain LEED Platinum certification. Although it has 3,825 square feet, annual heating and cooling costs are $180 and $125 respecti...

Sustainable Sites: Green Rated Gardens
New York Times 01.07.2009

January is not the most obvious time to be talking about gardens, but you'll be surprised to see what's blooming in the United States Botanic Garden in Washington, DC. ...

Southern Living Idea House Earns LEED Gold Rating

Southern Living's 2008 Idea House in North Carolina is more than just a pretty face; it recently earned LEED Gold certification from the US Green Building Council. The USGBC sited a few key factors ...

There's Platinum in the Hills
S.F. Chronicle: 08.16.08

The Margarido House has been in the news a lot lately. It's no wonder -- it's virtually certain that the 4,600-square foot Oakland home will be the first in Northern California to win the LEED-H Plat...

BKLYN Designs: Bamba Chair from EcoSystems

This is the Bamba Chair. Its design follows the consideration to be as sustainable and environmentally-friendly as possible. The flat-pack design features a seat and back that are cut from the side...

The US Green Building Council Wants Your Input

This is a plea for a little bit of engagement with policy that will shape green building. LEED may have had the most transformative effect on the building industry, and the US Green Building Council ...

greenhomeguide.org: From the Folks Who Brought Us LEED

We've spent a pleasant hour sipping coffee and reading through the different sections on greenhomeguide.org. This is the new-ish website put up by the U.S. Green Building Council to promote LEED for ...

The Library: Fine Homebuilding's Energy-Smart Homes

If you buy one magazine this year, it should be The Best of Fine Homebuilding: Energy-Smart Homes. At $8.99, it's a bit steep, but it's a collection of the best articles from a year of Fine Homebuild...