The housing authority will build the house that wins the challenge. While on average it’s not the coldest place in Alaska, driving wind, rain, and snow are common in the Aleutians, along with ...

The necessity for people to work or learn from home has many clients wondering ... director of engineering at EYP. When the U.S. Green Building Council launched LEED version 4.0 in 2014, there ...

In 2013, 16% of builders were dedicated to green building with more than 90% of their projects green, and another 20% were highly invested in green activity with 61% to 90% of their projects green.

Once considered eccentric and dowdy, not to mention expensive, green-home building’s looks have gotten a makeover as it creeps closer to mainstream housing. Sure, with the real estate slump ...

such as the U.S. Green Building Council. Others just incorporate some of the ideas, which can range from designing a home with sunlight in mind to building “green roofs” in urban areas so ...

“As these ideas become popularized and show up in ... Quality counts, he said, but so does environmentalism. And he said green home building has come full circle since the 1970s.

A series of five Saturday workshops for home builders and contractors on green building begins today on the Xavier University campus and continues through May 8. Offered by the Louisiana Chapter ...

When Hurricane Katrina rocked the Gulf Coast in 2005, displacing hundreds of thousands of residents, many wondered what shape a rebuilt city would take—or whether restoring the city would be ...

When we last caught up with ZETA (Zero Energy Technology and Architecture) Communities, the prefab green building startup was putting the final touches on a net-zero modular demonstration home in ...

According to new research published by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), approximately one-third of single-family and multifamily builders said that green building is a significant ...