In our fast-paced, technology-driven world, the idea of building a green home using traditional techniques might sound like you’d be taking a step backward. However, it's important that we re-evaluate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ASHEVILLE - To build a home at a proposed West Asheville subdivision, there is only one rule — the home must power itself. A new ...

Thanks to growing social awareness of how much trouble the planet is in, more and more people are building green and demanding enviromentally-friendly options in their housing. An entire industry had ...

Rachel Wagner, owner of Just Housing in Duluth, points out the extra-wide window sills in a green home she designed. The home's thick walls contain twice as much insulation as required by the state's ...

A new series of courses centered on green-home building kicks off this weekend at Southwestern Oregon Community College. Led by Renee Powers, founder of Gold Beach-based True Green Pro, Saturday's ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - January 20, 2009-Brattleboro, Vermont-based BuildingGreen, LLC, just announced the launch of GreenBuildingAdvisor.com. Accessing the nation's oldest, deepest database of ...

Just a few short months ago, Green Built North Texas officer Phil Crone was getting barraged with phone calls from consumers wanting a list of local homebuilders building green homes. Crone would then ...

That partly explains how the showcase home at the International Builders Show in Orlando, Fla., earlier this month earned a Gold rating for green building, despite being a 6,725-square-foot, ...

"Going green" has become a popular catchphrase in recent years, as environmental concerns have taken a more prominent place in the national consciousness. At the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical ...

A new home is seen under construction in Prairie Village in 2023. Advocates of a new KCMO ordinance say the city’s green building codes are pushing developers to build homes in areas of the metro ...

ASHEVILLE - To build a home at a proposed West Asheville subdivision, there is only one rule — the home must power itself. A new 17-lot green home subdivision has been proposed for 1 Greenius Way off ...