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Posts tagged “green building”

Debunked: 10 Green Home Myths
This Old House

Being green at home has been gaining momentum, even being dubbed as a fad by some folks over the last few years. Even with all the increased attention on the movement there are still tons of myths f...

Gorgeous Green: 1758 18th Avenue South in Seattle
by Dwell Developments

We came across this development in Seattle during our daily blog browsing, and we were immediately drawn to this photo. Oh, to live in Seattle in one of these green homes .......

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 Dream: A Blog About Building A Green Home

Thinking or dreaming about building a green home? Wish you had a friend who'd done it so you could learn from their experience? You might want to check out Green Dream, Popular Science photographer ...

Nine Sixty Nine
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 ...

U.S Green Building Council Headquarters
Metropolis Magazine June 2009

As Metropolis writes, the U.S. Green Building Council's new headquarters in Washington, D.C. "tells you everything you need to know about where the green-building movement is today and where it’s ...

Element Hotels: Make Your Escape...and Stay Green

We've admitted before that it can be a challenge staying green while on vacation, but it's nice to know properties are popping up that may make that a bit easier. Element Hotels from Starwood is th...

The Proximity Hotel: The First LEED Platinum Hotel

Building practices in North Carolina are some of the greenest of any state, from the Southern Homes LEED certified Idea House, to the Greenbridge Development, to Carrboro's green high school - so it'...

Green People: Preston Koerner (aka Jetson Green)

If you've been hanging around the green building scene for any time at all, or just occasionally reading this blog, then you're probably familiar with Jetson Green. We're hugely devoted fans and can...

Sustainable and Stylish Barn in Cottage Living

Cassandra Naylor was definitely ahead of her time. In the early '90s, long before green building became such a hot topic, she converted the barn on her property (which has been in the family for si...

Blogging The New York Times: Home as Classroom

According to the New York Times, teachers are using green homes filled with brand-name products as educational aids. This quote sums it up: “It’s all mushed together,” said Stephen Drucker, ...

October Best Posts: mkLotus at West Coast Green, Building Green in Vermont, Live Lightly Tour

In October, we toured Raedia and Ian's beautiful new and green house in Vermont, Michelle Kaufmann's mkLotus house at West Coast Green, and shared a story about a vegetable-oil powered RV on a dif...