EcoHome Magazine: Devoted to the Latest Trends in Green Building Products and Technology

Vision 2020 Coverage

Your Roadmap To Sustainability

EcoHome has engaged some of the industry’s most renowned thought leaders in a year of collaborative research – to share their research, projects, and projections for our future.

Track the Vision 2020 Research Team all year long -- as these respected visionaries set new goals, metrics, and milestones in 10 critical areas, and lay out the roadmap to sustainability. Focus areas include:

Visit EcoHome's Vision 2020 to review our ground-breaking coverage and join the conversation.

Is Smart Growth a Dumb Idea?

A recent blog posting questions the market viability of higher density development.
Financing for Multifamily Retrofits

Living Cities, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation study demonstrates energy and financial savings from multifamily project upgrades in New York.
Game-Changing Behavior

A card game helped change energy and resource use habits among employees at Miron Construction at home and at work.
Smart Meters May Be Good for Your Pocketbook but Bad for Your Health

The American Academy of Environmental Medicine issued a position paper singling out wireless technologies in general and smart meters specifically as health risks.
Utilities Try Time-of-Day Rates to Curb Costs … and Use?

Offering rate options benefits the grid and the customer.

All articles in Featured Vision 2020 Stories

Feature

A Passion for Performance

DOE's Sam Rashkin receives The 2012 Hanley Award for Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Housing.

News

Green Marketing Should Go Beyond Energy Efficiency

Conference presenter lists common mistakes builders make when reaching out to customers.
Meritage Homes Offers Solar Package in North Carolina Market

The optional systems generate electricity and hot water.
BEopt for Efficiency

NREL software expands to include energy-efficiency upgrades for existing homes.

All articles in News

INSIDE ECOHOME ONLINE

Product Review: Green Masonry

A new look at bricks, pavers, and blocks--and how to choose the right products for...

the newly completed rehau montana ecosmart house will test and monitor a variety of integrated building systems.

Optimizing Efficiency

REHAU Montana ecosmart house to study energy consumption and occupant comfort.

Product Review: Interior Paint

Here's how to use the latest criteria to find the best interior paint options.

New Products
Product Reviews
Case Studies
Greenwashing
Building Science

New Products

Zero-VOC Paints from Sherwin-Williams
Harmony Flat, Eg-Shel, Semi-Gloss, and Primer are low-odor, zero-VOC acrylic latex paints.
Concrete Masonry Block from Trenwyth Industries
This company’s Astra-Glaze-SW+ is a pre-faced architectural concrete masonry block that has a thermoset glazing compound permanently molded to one or more faces.
WaterFurnace 5 Series
WaterFurnace's 5 Series 502W12 makes upgrading to a geothermal system easier.

All articles in New Products

Product Reviews

Product Review: Interior Paint
Here's how to use the latest criteria to find the best interior paint options.
Product Review: Green Masonry
A new look at bricks, pavers, and blocks--and how to choose the right products for your green building projects.
Product Review: Modular Homes
Modular homes combine factory efficiency with building science expertise to achieve new levels of performance.

All articles in Product Reviews

case studies

All articles in case studies

Keeping Them Honest

A guide to deciphering product specs, avoiding greenwashing, and navigating certification programs.

building science

Optimizing Foam Insulation
Developing the proper spray foam insulation strategy can improve the performance of your homes.
Tips for Right-Sizing Your HVAC Systems
Maximizing performance with five steps -- design through testing.
Building Science: Advanced Rainscreens
New research, code requirements, and material assemblies are driving strategic changes rainscreens.

All articles in building science

the magazine

May-June 2012

The May/June issue profiles Sam Rashkin, winner of The 2012 Hanley Award for Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Housing and creator of the Energy Star program. The issue’s in-depth Case Study features a LEED-Silver New England home that combines environmental performance and universal design. Also included: The Active House program’s U.S. debut, Reviews on green paint and masonry, and 16 new products for your high-performance homes.

In This Issue

A Passion for Performance

DOE's Sam Rashkin receives The 2012 Hanley Award for Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Housing.
BEopt for Efficiency

NREL software expands to include energy-efficiency upgrades for existing homes.
Product Review: Interior Paint

Here's how to use the latest criteria to find the best interior paint options.

Flip through the digital edition

Ecohome interactive

Check out EcoHome on Facebook!

Expand your green circle through EcoHome’s community pros and consumers on Facebook.

Join EcoHome's LinkedIn Group

Network with like-minded pros in EcoHome’s LinkedIn Group.

Follow us on Twitter

Follow EcoHome’s news feed on Twitter for updates on green building and products.

EcoHome Update

Free e-newsletter! Enter your e-mail address on the following page to join the mailing list.

House Plan Store

Style

Bedrooms

Browse 17,000 house plans

HousingCrisis.com

Coming to an apartment near you? Rent concessions. All of this and more on http://www.housingcrisis.com !

Read about Sam Rashkin and the 2012 Hanley Award

Hosted by EcoHome, BUILDER, and The Hanley Foundation, the Hanley Award honors individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary, lasting and far reaching contributions to the advancement of sustainable housing in the U.S. This year's honoree is Sam Rashkin, Chief Architect, U.S. DOE Building Technologies Program.

Most Read News

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Vision 2020 Coverage

Your Roadmap To Sustainability

Feature

INSIDE ECOHOME ONLINE

More Greenwashing Articles

Advertisement

In This Issue

Ecohome interactive

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement