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Concordia Homes hopes to leverage sunshine in an otherwise cloudy Las Vegas real estate market.
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Thirteenth annual program recognizes 13 green builders, including Builder of the Year Aspen Homes of Colorado.
Of course, post-industrial houses do have their benefits (indoor plumbing, beer fridges, hi-def surround sound), so the task becomes figuring out how to integrate antiquity’s greatest green lessons into designs that meet the lifestyle demands of today. That is what Tradewinds, our show home for the ...
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Green builders everywhere rejoice-the list of green building products has just grown longer thanks to the release of BuildingGreen's 2007 Top-10 Green Building Products. Brattleboro, Vt.-based BuildingGreen, publisher of the GreenSpec Directory and Environmental Building News, announced the list at ...
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Germany's Technische Universität Darmstadt won the U.S. Department of Energy's 2007 Solar Decathlon competition. The Solar Decathlon, the third event of its kind, was held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Twenty university teams from the U.S., Puerto Rico, Spain, Germany, and Canada signed o...
MkLotus is a zero-energy green-built home that will live so light on the land and the grid that its meter will spin backward during periods of light energy demand.
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Green building standards are becoming more universally accepted, but sustainable growth is not without its roadblocks. Following is a round-up of some newly released eco-building programs and findings.
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HUD IS HOPING THAT THE ENERGY-efficient concept home it built in Omaha, Neb., will be a blueprint for the future of American housing.
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Figuring out how the act of home building affects the planet has always been a somewhat vague science, until now. Today, builders, developers, and architects can gauge the eco-friendliness of projects that are on the boards or underway using an online "construction carbon calculator" that quantifies...
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AT A TIME WHEN THE HOME building industry is stepping up its efforts to address rising fuel and energy costs by improving the energy efficiency and performance of new homes, the EnergyValue Housing Awards (EVHAs) present an opportunity for environmentally responsible builders to share their best pra...
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Passive thermodynamics have heated and cooled homes for thousands of years. Builder’s 2008 show home marries classical architectural principles with high-performance building systems in a residence that’s built to last. Distributor Electronics Source, using its expertise in consumer electronics, ass...
Less is More
Two new products let customers buy now and save later with energy-conserving technology.
There's a curse of obscure origin that goes: “May you live in interesting times.” Someone must have slipped that message into Sam Rashkin's fortune cookie, because Mr. Rashkin has been having two very interesting years.
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Rising energy costs and an increased focus on conservation have inspired more of today's home builders to incorporate technologies and features in their new homes that not only make the houses more comfortable, but also more energy efficient with less impact on the surrounding environment.
WHEN THE HISTORY OF U.S. HOUSING IS written, 2006–2007 is likely to be characterized as a watershed, marking the start of an era when green building moved into the home builder mainstream, according to a new study by the NAHB and Mc-Graw-Hill Construction. By 2007, the study finds, almost two-thirds...
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Once just a concept, A truly zero-energy home (ZEH) is now a reality in several locales throughout the United States. And the opportunities to construct ZEHs are growing as solar and other energy-efficient technologies become more affordable.
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President Bush gave energy efficiency a nod when he signed the Energy Policy Act in April 2005. But one year later, some builders and home buyers are confused about their eligibility to receive tax credits for using energy-saving materials in new-home construction and renovations.
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As energy costs continue to rise, consumers are looking for new techniques to help them reduce their energy consumption and lower their utility bills.
WASHINGTON IS KNOWN MORE FOR FILIBUSTERS than for innovative design. For one rain-soaked week in October, however, innovation was the word when 18 university teams converged on the city for the Solar Decathlon, an event in which students compete to see who can design, build, and operate the most-att...
IF YOU HAPPEN TO SHELL OUT $75 to get your hands on the 2004 National Association of Realtors home buyer profile, you might be disappointed—but probably not surprised. After scanning its 30 pages, you come away thinking today's buyers are fickle, superficial creatures who don't care about anything b...