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MIT releases preliminary findings from a year-long assessment of buildings' life cycle.
Campbell Crossing is a community of traditionally styled, modestly priced duplex housing for military personnel.
Three Bay Area houses set new benchmarks for green builders to follow.
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A better way to manage energy is on the horizon.
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A new report released this week pinpoints variables that are certain in otherwise uncertain economic times.
Buchanan, Mich.
Pullman, Wash.
Washington, D.C.
Fairfax, Va.
San Francisco
Project of the Year; Condos—for sale
The Minto Group has been emphasizing the sustainability of its products for a decade.
Exports to U.S. markets showing growth as economy slowly recovers.
Should you stick with the old or go with the (relatively) new?
Asphalt dominates, but which material is right for your homes?
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Concept home puts down roots and becomes the first LEED-Platinum house in Newport Beach, Calif.
SIPs offer superior energy efficiency to conventional stick-frame building.
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Do you really need an underlayment on your sloped roofs?
New technologies are coming online that can capture waste heat and transfer it to a home's heating system.
The DOE awards grants to two local government organizations toward incorporating more solar energy generation in communities across the country.
Marmol Radziner says new Locomo modular line will have fewer bells and whistles.
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Reporting tool advances the group’s goal of achieving carbon-neutral buildings by 2030.
High-performance and resource-efficient building practices can transcend housing styles to include traditional and classic forms.
Fort Worth, Texas
Pittsburgh, Penn.
Truro, Mass.
Lopez Island, Wash.
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Four projects strive to produce as much energy as they use.
In home building's future, new products and technologies will focus on water, energy, and sustainability.
What will these new guidelines mean for showering?
This green-approved program is designed to identify and qualify products and systems specifically for the National Green Building Standard.
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Firm reaches out to veterans, contractors, remodelers, and building inspectors interested in becoming home energy-efficiency inspectors.
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Initiative will promote regional alignment of housing, infrastructure, and transit planning.
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Marine Corps taps renewable energy on a massive scale at Fort Lejeune.
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Colorado green builder comes back from Chapter 11 to sets its sights on brownfield redevelopment.
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Designers Sarah Susanka and Michael Woodley share their thoughts about perception and reality at the Housing Leadership Summit.
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AIA report says GREEN Act could create or save as many as 140,000 design and construction jobs.
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All the science isn't complete, but government agencies say drywall, electrical components, and fire and carbon monoxide alarms should be replaced in homes with the problem drywall.
Ontario-based builder runs its offices and jobsites on wind- and hydro-generated electricity.
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Stanford University refutes correlation between land conservation and expensive home prices in San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley.
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Corky McMillin’s Millenia project in Southern California will include 3,000 housing units.
Welcome to the era of the sustainable kitchen and bath.
Project team thinks this kind of construction could be the state’s answer to meeting its greenhouse gas reduction goals.
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Builder groups in Indiana and Minnesota offer two different models for success for states with lagging efforts.
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Poticha, who is director of HUD’s newly created Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, speaks on land use, transit patterns, economic recovery, and the government’s vision for a healthier built environment.
For buyers looking to make a statement, there's a wide open field of materials.
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Ashton Woods Homes’ newest neighborhood will include a catchment and distribution system.
Flat-pack manufacturer sees its new age product as an answer to natural disasters, climate change, and the affordable housing crisis.
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A new generation of products made with recycled materials are featured at SURFACES 2010.
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Survey data from the NAHB and Better Homes and Gardens indicates that builders and consumers are thinking smaller.
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New study shows how sprinklers minimize pollution and water use when homes catch on fire.
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DOE hopes to make energy-efficient windows more economical through volume purchases.