Down on the (solar) farm By Boone Guyton on 03/05/2012 There’s a growing awareness of the need for cleaner alternatives to conventional energy sources across the country and the world. Climate […]
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Aloft and alive By Kate Blatt Ancaya on 03/05/2012 A living roof: For many people, it may conjure up images of a character in a children’s story — perhaps the roof
Caroteo By Mari Fox on 03/05/2012 Kid-friendly meets green-building sensibilities at Caroteo — a playfully designed home that features both a firefighter’s pole for the children and geothermal heating and cooling
Feature: Solar Decathlon By Boone Guyton on 03/22/2010 In October 2009, Claudia Cady and I traveled to the fourth Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C., to check out what is new in
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Checklist: What makes a product green? By Victoria Schomer and Penny Bonda on 03/22/2010 An important tool in the effort to build greener buildings and live greener lives is the selection
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Checklist: Choosing a green builder By Hans Doellgast on 03/22/2010 As people become educated about the benefits of building and owning a green-built home, more builders are advertising themselves as “green”
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Top 10 signs of greenwashing By on 03/22/2010 Source: https://www.greenbiz.com/news/2009/08/13/preventing-greenwashing-one-company-time.
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Technologies explained By Elizabeth Koenig on 03/22/2010 What are carbon offsets? First calculate your “carbon footprint” by using one of the many online tools (simply perform a search for “carbon offsets”
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Feature: Closed crawlspaces By Maria Mauceri on 03/22/2010 Each year, tens of thousands of homes are built on crawlspace foundations in the Southeast. In most of these homes, the spaces are
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Feature: Forestry mulching By Frank Vogler on 03/22/2010 Say you have a seriously overgrown field or lot, or a massive pile of tree crowns, or maybe a tangled snarl of beetle-killed
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