Home Improvement with a Green Conscience

There’s nothing new about the concept of home improvement. People do it because they want to have a fully functional home that is aesthetically pleasing and equipped with all the modern conveniences. What is new is the trend towards making everything environmentally friendly. This trends makes sense for a number of reasons, not the least [...]

The Sage: nation’s top eco-friendly house

Arbor South Architecture’s, creators of the Sage (eco-friendly built home) can sit in awe today, as the Sage is now the nations most eco-friendly home! This beautiful sustainable built home is located in Eugene, Oregon. The U.S. Green Building Council certified 1,300 houses this year and the council selected the house, as the No. 1 [...]

Green Residential Communities

We hear about green living and green building all the time, so today I wanted to feature some truly eco-friendly green home communities across the US. The buildings and land used to build homes have a  profound effect on the environment and homeowners. Sustainable home development is a soft approach to creating a healthier environment [...]

High style meets energy efficiency

Sean Smith, a Denver developer put showed off sustainability in this contemporary Denver duplex. This stunning duplex (2 family home) is a model of exemplary environmental design that included Energy Star and LEED certifications.

EcoVillage NY’s Greenest Community

EcoVillage at Ithaca, located in upper New York State, is the first cohousing project in NY and the first place in the Western hemisphere. This beautiful ecovillage offers suburban living and provides a satisfying, healthy, socially rich lifestyle, while minimizing ecological impacts. Ecovillage at Ithaca uses green building approaches such as passive solar design, photovoltaics, solar hot [...]