Public Comment Period Opens for National Green Building Standard Updates
The 45-day public comment period for draft 2 of the 2024 NGBS begins on April 12, 2024
The Desert Comfort Idea Home: a True Desert Oasis
A challenging environment, ambitious building-performance goals, and modern aesthetics come together in a stunning, net zero custom home in Arizona's Sonoran Desert
Top 10 States for NGBS Green Certification in 2022
To date, these are the top 10 U.S. states for green building certification
Here Are the Most Sustainable U.S. Cities in 2022
These metros are working to reduce their carbon footprints by blazing a trail toward eco-friendly living and green building
The Future of Residential Construction Is Not on Land, but in (or Very Near) the Sea!
Builders are rising to meet the challenge, as homeowners pursue more resort options
The Wrongs of Make It Right in New Orleans' Affordable Housing
The legacy of the Make It Right Foundation's failed efforts to restore and revive underserved neighborhoods in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward goes well beyond leaky roofs and toxic mold
NAHB revamps its Green Awards for 2014
For the first time, industry professionals have the opportunity to be recognized across several awards programs for their green building accomplishments.
Energy Efficiency: Strong Results With High-Performing Homes
These builders represent large companies that recognize the importance of offering high-performance homes as a critical part of their product lines
ASHRAE, NAHB, ICC to develop new National Green Building Standard
Applications to serve on the National Green Building Standard Committee will be accepted through April 6, 2014.
Local team collaborates on zero energy home to support cancer patients
Four Oregon organizations come together to create “Net Hope—A Community Collaboration Supporting St. Charles Cancer Center and Zero Net Energy Homes.”
Study Highlights Satisfaction Levels Among Green Homeowners
Research reveals most owners of green homes would purchase another.
Sustainability: A Winner in Any Language
Team Austria receives top honors at the 2013 Solar Decathlon.
Boston auctions off city land for net-zero housing development
The city has already awarded three vacant city-owned sites on streets lined with old-line two- and three-family homes in the Roxbury and Jamaica Plain neighborhoods to teams of developers and architects.
KTGY-designed AMLI apartment community receives planning commission approval
KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture and Planning, has announced that AMLI Residential has received city approval for AMLI Uptown Orange, a 334-unit eco-friendly apartment community in Orange, Calif.
Conventional materials help achieve 90-percent energy savings in passive house
While special considerations were necessary in providing the heating and cooling systems for one of the first passive houses built in the U.S., mostly conventional materials were used for the building envelope.
