Green Homes

PHOTOS: Top Green & Natural Setting Homes For Sale In Colo.

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 04.17.2012

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If the sprawling estates of Cherry Hills Village have you worried about carbon footprints and the tiny homes popping up in Boulder are just a little t...

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LivingHomes: Green, Prefab and Now Affordable!

Natalie Pace | Posted 04.25.2012

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Steve Glenn, the founder of LivingHomes, had a vision in 2006 to "combine world-class architecture with an unparalleled commitment to healthy and sustainable construction."

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Brad Pitt To Turn Vacant 103-Year-Old School Into Affordable Housing Complex

Posted 02.22.2012

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Since Hurricane Katrina, Brad Pitt's charity has been focused on building sustainable homes in New Orleans. But, now the generous star is branching ou...

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Abandoned Stable Now Water-independent, Off-grid, Family Dream Home (VIDEO)

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 04.01.2012

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High on a hill and far from city water or an electrical grid, the crumbling cow shed was far from the conventional image of luxury estate.

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Ed Begley Cleans Up His Act

Mike Smith | Posted 02.28.2012

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A pioneer in clean living and now asking Americans to bring green consumer products into the home, Ed Begley, Jr. is perhaps the embodiment of social conscience on personal environmental responsibility.

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Green Holiday Decorations And Wrapping Ideas

Posted 12.21.2011

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Prepping for the holidays and having company over can be stressful, but decorating your home and wrapping presents for loved ones shouldn't have to be...

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How a Wicked Smart City Is About to Throw $25 Million Out the Window

Dan Worth | Posted 11.23.2011

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What would you say if I told you that almost every person you know who owns a home was about to pay up to $1,500 more than they need to in energy bills this year?

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Is Your Home Sick?

Sloan Barnett | Posted 12.20.2011

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We tend to think the big, bad world outside is where the unhealthy air is. But for the main source of air pollution in your life you need to look closer to home. In fact, it is your home.

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10 Household Hazards That Could Be Making You Sick

Sloan Barnett | Posted 10.20.2011

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It turns out that the pollution inside our homes is worse than outside. Your home may smell clean and feel safe when it's actually filled with toxins from cleaners, paint, tap water, furniture and more.

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How Re-Fueling Your Car Can Build Equity in Your Home

Ben Uyeda | Posted 12.02.2011

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If you are one of the typical Americans who drives about 40 miles a day, then you should consider an atypical scenario if you happen to be planning on building a new home.

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Creating The Most Sustainable Homes In America

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 08.08.2011

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What do you do when you desperately want to be an architect, but you realize you kind of -- for lack of a better word -- suck at it? Raised by a si...

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It's A Green Home If It Saves You Money, Right?

Courtney Cachet | Posted 09.28.2011

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There are some ways to go green that are so effortless, so easy, so less toxic and so less expensive that you'd be foolish not to do them. Here are four easy ways you can go green and save money without sacrificing a thing.

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Illinois Energy Program Overpriced, 'Substandard': Audit

AP | JOHN O'CONNOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Energy-efficiency work on homes in the Chicago area funded by federal stimulus program money was sub-par, overpriced and poo...

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PHOTOS: 7 Modern Day Communes

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 05.25.2011

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Whether you call it co-housing, eco-villages, intentional community living or modern day communes, shared living with an eco-focus is experiencing a b...

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Size Matters: Americans Moving to Smaller Homes

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 05.25.2011

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With the housing market in a slump and more homeowners concerned about rising utility costs, this move toward smaller homes makes sense -- but it's not driven solely by economics.

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Gary Chang's Sliding Wall Apartment Is An Eco-Friendly 24 Rooms! (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Architect Gary Chang calls his Hong Kong home the "Domestic Transformer." In order to make the most of his small living space in crowded Hong Kong, C...

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How to Prepare Your Home for Summer

Avital Binshtock | Posted 11.17.2011

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Summer has arrived! So to help you make the living easy -- and green -- here are tips for preparing your home for summer in ways that won't hurt the planet.

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Scientists Reuse Cooking Oil To Insulate Roofs

Inhabitat | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scientists just announced that they've found a great new use for used cooking oil -- and it doesn't have anything to do with a VW bus. They've figured...

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Where to Land Your Green Dream Home In LA

YDT | Posted 05.25.2011

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if you're in the market for a new home, one that's already been greened to order, look no further than some recent developments in Los Angeles. Her...

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Home Decorations Made from Recycled Materials

thedailygreen.com | The Daily Green Staff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Unforgettable pieces of furniture, clocks, bowls and other items for the home made from salvaged materials....

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Top 10 Houseplants For Combatting Air Pollution

The New Ecologist | Posted 05.25.2011

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There comes a time when these machines fail to work leaving you to the unhealthy dust particles and other pollutants in your house. Rather than artifi...

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The Kitchen of the Future Today

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Living, Green Kitchen, Local, Green Technology, Kitchen, Green News, Composting, Home Composting, Green Homes, Ecodesign, Green News

[T]here have been a lot of new ideas in how you design a kitchen, what you put in it, where it goes when you are not using it. We look at some of the ...

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Top 8 Rooftop Gardens Around The World (IMAGES, POLL)

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roof gardens and green roofs are becoming increasingly popular in the United States, but the rest of the world definitely seems to be planting a fair ...

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Old Fire Towers Reporposed Into Modern Mountain Homes

Dornob | Posted 05.25.2011

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If location, location and location are what drive your visions of a dream tree house design or luxury hillside wood home then look no further: fire to...

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How Green Building Can Save the Housing Industry

John F. Wasik | Posted 05.25.2011

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Homebuilding needs to join the 21st century and apply the best, efficient technologies to lower costs and reduce energy and resource consumption.

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