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Not sure what’s meant by sustainable architecture? Here’s an overview of this growing trend. Most environmentally aware homeowners work to reduce their impact on the Earth at home by, for example, using compact florescent light bulbs, fixing faucet leaks and plugging cracks in the foundation. Some might even install low-flow toilets or skylights, or purchase […]

The green building and remodeling industry is bigger than ever these days, and homeowners are starting to see that there are actually financial benefits to “going green.” Obviously it would be great if we all chose the most environmentally-friendly options for the sake of our planet, but the money-saving properties of green design are also […]

The U.S. Forest Service has given its preliminary approval to an expansion of ski operations onto Peak 6 at Breckenridge Resort. A map depicting Breckenridge Ski Resort’s proposed expansion onto neighboring Peak 6. In an Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) released last week Scott Fitzwilliams, forest supervisor of the White River National Forest, gave his […]

Habitat loss doesn’t just affect rainforest dwellers, says Paul Miles. New builds and carbon reducing measures have been tough on the species that share our homes. Here’s how to bring them back Nothing says summer like sitting outside, watching swifts soaring overhead. Yet these birds, like other building-dependent species such as house martins, swallows, barn […]

Portland-area homes with green credentials command prices an average 30 percent higher than their non-certified counterparts, even while the overall market share of certified green homes in the region took a slight dip, according to new data. Earth Advantage Institute, a nonprofit green building organization, announced Wednesday the results of its annual certified home analysis […]

Are you waiting with bated breath for July 15th, when the seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter movies, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”, comes out in theaters? If you answered YES, you’ll want to continue reading our post.  We recently came across a great piece in Architectural Digest about the […]

The Switzerland Alpine Club and the ETH possess cooperated within designing a modern as well as sustainable mountain hut. It makes sense a distinctive hut design, plus, the actual 90% of energy self-sufficiency. Yes, the actual hut is strengthening itself using the solar energy which abundantly available on Monte Rosa. The hut will be referred […]

The greenest building is the one that is already built. That’s the message being spread by some historic preservationists as recent studies lend further support to adaptive reuse and recycling of existing building stock, versus construction of new buildings. Studies have shown the merits of “green building,” which includes advanced energy efficiency technology, use of […]

Aspen’s chief building official Stephen Kanipe recently spent a week in Dallas helping to craft a new green construction code for commercial buildings. Kanipe sat on a panel of 12 that reviewed upwards of 1,400 changes to the first draft of the International Green Construction Code. The hearings took place May 14-21 in Dallas. Kanipe […]