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Sustainable Building

Treehouse Built on Centuries-old Oak With Local Materials (VIDEO)

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 05.14.2012 | Green
Read More: Heath, Green Building, Spain, Tree Preservation, Renewable Materials, Cork Oak, Holm Oak, Treehouse, Heather, Local Materials, Encina, Treehouses, Sustainable Architecture, Extremadura, Sustainable Building, Oak Tree, Cork, Video, Green News
Kirsten Dirksen

When an extended Spanish family decided to build a treehouse for their five grandchilden on their estate in Extremadura, they knew they wanted to protect their beloved "encinas" (holm oak trees).

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10 Green Building Questions To Ask Your Contractor

Earth911 | Posted 02.28.2012 | Green
Read More: Eco-Building, Contractors, Video, Green House, Green-Living, Rebuilding, Green Building, Green Contractors, Construction, Green Living, Sustainable Building, Eco-Construction, Remodeling, Green News

From Earth911's Alexis Petru: Planning a home improvement project this spring? Whether you’re simply painting a room or undertaking an entire...

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Green Building Trends For 2012

Posted 01.24.2012 | Green
Read More: Green Construction, Video, Green Jobs, Green Technology, Green Building Trends, Green-Living, Green Building, LEED Certification, Green Business, Sustainable Building, Smarter Ideas, Green News

From Earth Advantage Institute: Earth Advantage Institute, a nonprofit green building resource that has certified more than 12,000 homes, announced...

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Incredible Video Shows Hotel Built In 360 Hours (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 01.09.2012 | Travel
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Constructing a skyscraper once took months if not years to build. But not anymore, and certainly not in China. In this recently released time-laps...

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From Model Ts to Green Start-ups

Peggy Brennan | Posted 01.16.2012 | Detroit
Read More: Green Building, Sustainability, Net-Zero Energy Building, Environmental Sustainability, Sustainable Building, Green Energy, Green Garage, Detroit News
Peggy Brennan

I'm sitting in a 1920s-era building in Detroit, a former Model T showroom, that two years ago was an unsightly warehouse. The transformation of our building to an energy-efficient community space has been a fascinating one.

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At Solar Decathlon, College Eco-Stars Reveal True Future of Solar

Brian Keane | Posted 11.30.2011 | College
Read More: University of Maryland, Energy Efficiency, Smartpower, Purdue University, Middlebury College, College, Clean Energy, Appalachian State, Department of Energy, America's Next Eco-Star, Sustainable Building, Solar Decathlon, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Solar Power, University of Tennessee, College News
Brian Keane

Solar Decathletes are students who, instead of partying at the beach or making money at temporary jobs, decide to help design, engineer and assemble solar-powered homes in their spare time.

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Landscape Urbanism: The Challenge of Implementation

David Eisen | Posted 07.16.2011 | Arts
Read More: The Highline, Urban Architecture, Green Architecture, Highline New York, Green Building, Architecture, Landscape Design, Urban Contruction, Landscape Urbanism, Sustainable Building, Arts News
David Eisen

Designers will need to team up with scientists, sociologists and engineers -- and bureaucrats and bean counters, too -- if sustainable design solutions are to be pushed beyond the commonplace.

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5-Part Web Documentary on Stylish & Sustainable Building (VIDEO)

Zem Joaquin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Sustainable Interior Design, Energy Efficient, Recycled Materials, Eco-Friendly Building, Dwell on Design, Green Building, Resource Conservation, Eco-Friendly, Green Interior Design, Sustainable Building, Ecofabulous, Indoor Air Quality, Zem Joaquin, Green, Home, Healthier Greener Home, Green News
Zem Joaquin

I created a documentary to delve deeper into the process of creating a chic little cottage out of reclaimed materials and tenacity.

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Creating a workforce

Jim Gibbons | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Unemployed, Green Construction, Goodwill Industries, Circuit City, Reconnect, Jim Gibbons, Dell, Goodwill Industries International, Sustainable Building, Bill Johnson, Green Pathways Dc, Goodwill, Dell Reconnect, Dc, Washington, National Center for Construction Education and Research, Associated Builders and Contractors, Healthy Living News
Jim Gibbons

If you regularly read this blog, you may have already read about the Reconnect program. Reconnect began in 2004 when Goodwill first partnered with Del...

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WATCH: Artistic Low-Income Homes Built From BONES, Bottlecaps And Other Reused Materials

Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Video, House of Bones, Dan Phillips, Recycled Houses, Dan Phillips Homes, Bone Home, Green Living, Dan Phillips Houses, Dan Phillips Bones, Recycled Architecture, Recycled Homes, Sustainable Building, Smarter Ideas, Green News

Dan Phillips mortgaged his house in 1997 to start his construction company, Phoenix Commotion, and pursue his dream of using wasted construction mater...

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

Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Solar Energy, Energy Efficiency, Eco-House, Green Technology, Solar Panels, Slidepoll, National Mall, Green Building, Washington DC, Sustainability, Department of Energy, Sustainable Building, Green Energy, 2009 Solar Decathlon, Solar Power, Best Options Independently Powered House, Best Solar House, Green News

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

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A Cup of Coffee to Build Sustainable Communities

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Lawrence Lessig, Sarah Jones, Majora Carter, Creative Commons, Jehane Noujaim, Allison Arieff, Ted, Architecture, Design, Giving, Development, Richard Saul Wurman, Sustainable Building, Kate Stohr, Haiti Earthquake, Impact News
Cameron Sinclair

Through Architecture For Humanity's "Do A Latte Good" campaign, you can bid on coffee with one of our great supporters, and in return they'll contribute to help reconstruction efforts post-Typhoon Ketsana.

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Shine On Sierra Leone: Building Sustainable, Permanent Schools And Houses

Tiffany Persons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Architecture, Earthbag, Sustainable Building, Sierra Leone, Underdeveloped Countries, Impact News
Tiffany Persons

In 2006, I saw an article about earth-bag building. I was thrilled that we could use this method for the schoolhouse we were planning to build in Sierra Leone. But then our plans changed.

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