One knock on sustainable housing is thatit’s pricey. Green is good, some say, but only for those who can afford it. Not at EcoUrban Homes, a St. Louis start-up that’s bringing green to the masses with LEED Platinum–rated prefabricated homes for urban infill sites throughout the city—and maybe other...
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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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Builders are expected to avoid environmentally sensitive areas and complete a natural resources inventory of the parcel; they also can earn extra credits by choosing an infill, grayfield, or brownfield site for the project, orienting the house to achieve passive solar benefits, practicing creative...
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Overall, the goal among green building certification programs is the same: to boost the performance of new housing to achieve a smaller environmental footprint.
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October 2007 news and views from the world of green building.
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This 3,000-square-foot, ranch-style welcome center is a prototype whose earth-savvy building practices earned it a platinum LEED ranking from the U.S. Green Building Council. Sustainable features include salvaged construction-site stone for the fireplace and chimney, and ceiling trusses that were...
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- Faulty plumbing fittings cause legal morass in Las Vegas area.
- Data from the National Association of Realtors show that single women accounted for 22 percent of home sales nationally in 2006—up from 14 percent in 1995.
- TNDs have sparked a revival of classical elevation styles in recent...
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A DEMONSTRATION HOME IN Paterson, N.J., by the chemical company BASF recently became the first house on the Eastern seaboard to receive an LEED-Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The LEED designation means the house is 80 percent more energy efficient than the average home.
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After two years and "thousands of reports," the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) announced its findings on Polyvinyl chloride(PVC) last week. The Technical and Scientific Advisory Committee (TSAC) turned over its final report final report to the USGBC's LEED Sterling Committee (LSC) and...
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For sure, houses have a huge environmental impact and a major affect on quality of life. So “greening” homes is clearly an idea with practical merit for the planet and for people. But “green” is also the hot new marketing fad—which makes a lot of people eager to jump on the bandwagon with green...
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- Appliance giant Whirlpool Corp., which manufactures the Whirlpool and KitchenAid brands, completes its $1.7 billion acquisition of Maytag Corp.
- The U.S. Green Building Council is looking to toughen its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards by expanding it rating system...
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Residential builders can earn their payback from energy-efficient construction within five years.