To properly select and specify green building materials, successful architects need authoritative, real-world advice on how to select and use nontoxic, recycled, and recyclable products, and how to ...

Should a city that's committed to environmentally friendly construction pay $825,000 for a job that was expected to cost $248,000? No, Edina officials decided when they got a bid that high for a new ...

Healdsburg is moving closer to adopting a green building ordinance, joining other Sonoma County cities that are embracing environmentally sound construction methods. The City Council tonight will ...

This large, generously illustrated manual is an excellent primer on owner-designed and site-inspired building. Snell, who wrote the eco-friendly The Good House Book, and Callahan, a more conventional ...

Green building methods and sustainable architecture focus on environmentally responsible and energy-efficient construction practices. They aim to minimize negative environmental impacts not only ...

Green building may be a hot topic and a current buzz word in the marketplace today, but what does it really mean for property owners/developers? On what basis do they decide whether their projects ...

Eco-friendly practices apply to the full range of contemporary social policy, and naturally that includes housing policy. Buildings, after all., account for some 45% of all carbon emissions, so ...

Green buildings are a revolutionary approach to building and design that strive to achieve a balance between human living and the natural environment. Throughout their whole existence, they integrate ...

This community has an opportunity to make historic gains in the field of energy conservation, in practical economics and in good citizenship. It is an opportunity for the city of Rochester, Olmsted ...

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has announced that its 2006 National Green Building Conference will be held in Albuquerque, N.M. “Builders in Albuquerque have already made significant ...