Green Building

A San Francisco Landmark Goes Green

Gavin Newsom | Posted 12.12.2009 | Green


Gavin Newsom

The most famous building in San Francisco is also one of the most environmentally friendly in the country: The Transamerica Pyramid building has achieved a LEED Gold certification.

First Green Block In America Coming To Harlem

nydailynews.com | By Alana Casanova | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York


From solar panels on the roof to efficient boilers in the basement, a block of Harlem buildings are slated to be retrofitted with new energy-saving ap...

M&M Factory Goes Green With Solar Panels

Mother Nature Network | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green


By using the solar panels to meet a portion of the building's energy needs, the company estimates a reduction of 1,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions on...

Energy Bookshelf: Ten More Worth Your Time Than Super Freaky Crap

A. Siegel | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green


A. Siegel

The authors of Superfreakonomics super(freaky)star status means that they and their travesty of a book will get attention despite its non-truthful truthiness and misleading mediocrity on climate-change.

Majestic 12 Movie Theater: Chattanooga's New Green Cinema

AP | BILL POOVEY | Posted 11.13.2009 | Green


CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — With plush lounge chairs, gourmet appetizers, a VIP auditorium and the latest digital and 3-D equipment, Chattanooga's newe...

Taipei 101 To Be World's Tallest Green Building

inhabitat.com | Bridgette Meinhold | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green


Taipei 101, famous for being one of the world's tallest buildings, is set to get some major eco-upgrades in an effort to save money, reduce its impact...

Why U.S. Buildings Are Leaking a Mixture of Money and Carbon (& What Congress Can Do About It)

Emma Stewart, Ph.D. | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green


Emma Stewart, Ph.D.

Congress is on the right track in setting higher standards for buildings' energy performance. With the right policy mechanisms, we can have far fewer leaks, and a lot more money in our pockets.

The Greenest Building

Paula Wallace | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green


Paula Wallace

There's a lot of talk about sustainability these days, and that's a good thing. It's good to grab the low-hanging fruit, like hybrid cars, community gardens, and low-flow plumbing. But real sustainability is systemic and seismic.

Big Little Green Idea

Richard Seireeni | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green


Richard Seireeni

What if home designers added a 'dry room' to their plans -- a place where the furnace, water heater (or tankless water heater) and washer/dryer could live together along with built-in lines or racks for drying clothes?

Solar Decathlon: The Competition For The Best Solar-Powered House (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 10.12.2009 | Green


University teams from around the world are busy constructing sustainable houses at this year's U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition...

A Zero Energy Home for All Americans: Ed Pollock Promotes Builders Challenge at EEBA Conference

Laura A. Hutchings | Posted 12.02.2009 | Denver


Laura A. Hutchings

The Department of Energy came to Denver this week, promoting its Builders Challenge initiative, which seeks to promote affordable, zero energy homes f...

Green News Report - October 1, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Landmark clean energy legislation finally drops in the U.S. Senate; EPA plows forward anyway; Scientists revise their pred...

One Stop Shopping for Greening Your Home: Green Depot Has It All

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green


Marissa Bronfman

Find out how Sarah Beatty, a determined new green business woman, has earned Green Depot's moniker as America's leading one-stop shop for building solutions.

Eco Skyscrapers: Green Architecture Reaches For The Sky

WebEcoist | Steph | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green


With a burgeoning global population that has ever-growing needs for both food and housing, many architects are looking up for sustainable solutions th...

A Win-Win for Energy Efficiency and Jobs

Matt Petersen | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green


Matt Petersen

By developing a comprehensive plan to retrofit our homes and offices we can put thousands of people back to work and boost local economies.

The Durst Family Rebuilds

The New York Observer | Jotham Sederstrom | Posted 11.15.2009 | New York


The Durst Organization, one of the city's oldest family-run real estate concerns, is in a state of transition. Co-president and chairman Douglas Durst...

New Orleans' Green Makeover

TIME | Bryan Walsh Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009 | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green


Sustainable development groups that range from the international nonprofit Global Green to earth-friendly celebrities like Brad Pitt descended on New ...

Scale, Scale, Scale

Carl Pope | Posted 09.13.2009 | Green


Carl Pope

When you hear a good clean-energy idea suggested, and someone else recommends doing half of it, be suspicious. When building a new energy economy, getting to scale requires efficiency, not moderation.

Green News Report - July 21, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.22.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Obama to ban antibiotics?; Mining the Grand Canyon; Chevron refuses to pay for environmental damage; The bulb is back.... PLUS: Wal-Mart going green!

NYC's Greenest Buildings (SLIDESHOW, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Cara Parks | Posted 09.08.2009 | New York


New York doesn't get much credit as an environmental oasis, but the city is a leader when it comes to green buildings. From low-income housing in the ...

MIT Developing Concrete That Lasts for 16,000 Years

inhabitat.com | Posted 07.26.2009 | Green


The use of this new ultra high density concrete will have enormous environmental implications, given its ability to deliver lighter, stronger structur...

Sears Tower Getting $350M Green Overhaul, New Hotel

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 07.25.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — Wind turbines, roof gardens and solar panels will join the pair of antennas atop the Sears Tower's staggered rooftops, said building o...

Gaza's Mud Homes Build Hope

Salena Tramel | Posted 10.29.2009 | World


Salena Tramel

Not only are some of the ideas coming out of Gaza extremely creative, but they also present a modern twist on working with indigenous knowledge and the environment.

Vertical Vegetecture: Urban Life Plus Farming Equals Cool Design

dornob | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green


In increasingly dense urban areas, sometimes the only way to build is up. And with a movement to grow more food locally and to add more green to our u...

Green Living Set to Thrive in Ravenswood Manor

Greg Boose | Posted 07.13.2009 | Chicago


Greg Boose

Green Door Development have put the finishing touches on a six-bedroom, 4,800 square-foot sustainable yin to Blago's nearby cloudy yang.