San Francisco and Washington, D.C., top the list.
Energy rating finds green-built homes provide a savings of 74 percent in utility costs.
Regenerative design is applied to a community scale at Manheim Park in Kansas City, serving as a model for next-generation urban neighborhood renewal and revitalization.
The Make It Right Foundation seeks a better approach to creating sustainable neighborhoods in New Orleans.
Forget golf. At this Chicago-area development it’s all about farming and horses.
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In a sign of the times, an architect is replacing the golf course community with the golf cart community.
The home will be 30% more efficient than a typical home.
The sustainable neighborhood is one of the first of its kind in the world.
Originally designed as a traditional subdivision, Prairie Ridge will now feature solar- and wind-powered homes with R-58 ICF walls and geothermal heating and cooling.
Veteran urban designer advocates a long-term approach to sustainable neighborhood design.