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Low Flow Guide: US EPA WaterSense

One of the LEED for Homes requirements is to reduce water use with water-efficient fixtures. Regardless of whether you’re working on a LEED project, a good guideline to follow is to use products c...

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A Sustainable Development in Austin

Austin is a pretty hip place, if you ask us — and here's something that makes it even hipper. Just a few miles from downtown, there's a new development going up. A team of architectural firms ...

First LEED Platinum Home in Venice Beach

Project 7Ten might be one of the first examples of the future of residential architecture. Built specifically with environmental impact in mind from the start, architect Melinda Gray's design resulted...

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 ...