Last week, we asked HuffPost Green readers to send in their photos of green roofs. To recap, when we say "green roof," we mean putting plant life on t...
New York Times | Steven Kurutz | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green
Most homeowners have a general sense of whether or not they are being energy efficient, a hunch confirmed or disproved when the monthly bills arrive. ...
Huffington Post | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green
The Comcast Center in Philadelphia is not only the city's tallest structure, at 975 feet, but also the tallest sustainable building in the country. A...
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green
In trying to cut back on energy, some folks will crank the thermostat down and buy blankets. Why overwork the furnace? But one German city has come u...
New York Times | Penelope Green | Posted 01.11.2009 | Green
Turns out the cladding on Colleen Klabin's sustainable gingerbread house is Golden Grahams, not Multi-Bran Chex or Life Cereal. The roof is Shredded W...
The Wall Street Journal | Maura Webber Sadovi | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green
Oregon's bid to cash in on its green appeal has given Portland's weakening commercial-real-estate market an early holiday gift. Denmark-based Vestas ...
The Huffington Post | Nour Akkad | Posted 12.21.2008 | Green
When Lisa Sharkey and her husband Paul Gleicher decided to remodel their Manhattan townhouse, they decided to construct an eco-friendly home from top ...
New York Post | Justin Rocket Silverman | Posted 12.13.2008 | Green
Jean-Georges announces he's opening a green restaurant. Then $72 prix-fixe Rouge Tomate says it doesn't have table cloths because they're "green." Now...
WebEcoist | Posted 12.12.2008 | Green
The U.K. has the most expensive green home that has ever actually been sold: the Orchid House broke records at �7.2 million, or $14.2 million USD. T...
People | Jesse Curti | Posted 11.22.2008 | Green
For Jessica Alba, motherhood means eco-friendly living - and plenty of couch-jumping. "It's kid-friendly, animal-friendly," the actress, 27, tells In...
The New York Times | Michael Webb | Posted 11.16.2008 | Green
Thomas Small is an accomplished cook, so it's important for him to try new and exotic ingredients every now and then. When it came to the construction...
Josie Garthwaite | Posted 11.12.2008 | Green
Roofs account for 25% of total surface area in most cities, and pavement accounts for around 35%. If 100 major cities covered that space with reflective materials, it could offset as much as 44 metric gigatons of heat-trapping gases.
Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green
The idea of greening cities is not new, but it may be approaching a renaissance. In the 1970s, the oil crisis unleashed many things, including a visi...
Treehugger | Lloyd Alter | Posted 11.07.2008 | Green
Now that the United States Government owns all the mortgages, the guarantors of the mortgages, and the reinsurer of all the insurers, and possibly pr...
Los Angeles Times | Posted 10.30.2008 | Green
California Academy of Sciences A window on the roof of the new California Academy of Sciences building in San Francisco offers a view inside. Archite...
Treehugger | Summer Rayne | Posted 06.26.2008 | Green
MTV.com "If you build it..." A little while ago I got a call from my friend Pete Griffin over at Think MTV. "We're going to build a green house ...
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 02.20.2009 | Green