Architecture
Green Home Site Selection - Part One April 11th, 2008
Building Your Green Home - Choose the Perfect Plot of Land
In this post, I'll create a partial checklist that can help you prepare to choose the best plot of land when building your green home. In tomorrow's post (and maybe Friday) we'll see the rest...more
NYC To Install Solar On City-Owned Buildings April 11th, 2008
New York City’s Department of Administrative Services plans to issue an RFP for private solar developers to purchase, install, own and maintain solar panels on city-owned buildings in all five boroughs as part of PlaNYC....more
Passive Solar Design -- Angling Doors and WIndows to Get the Most out of the Sun's Natural Heating Power April 10th, 2008
Interview with Expert Architects at Sealander Studio in Maine
Robyn and Mike Sealander, of Sealander Studio in Brooklin, Maine are wonderful architects, builders and experts in passive solar design. They have agreed to tell us everything about designing a home to use passive solar...more
Green Homes Not Welcome Here April 9th, 2008
What To Do When People Hate the Idea of Your Green Home
The Daily Green had a very interesting post up recently related to one couple who built green. They picked a lovely modular home by architect Michelle Kaufmann (who I'm a huge fan of by the...more
Happy World Health Day April 8th, 2008
How You Can Help Prevent Climate Change
Tomorrow is World Health Day - actually it may be World Health Day for some of you already since it falls on April 7th. I'm a west coast girl, so it's still the 6th where...more
Proper Disposal of Paints & Other Home Finishes April 7th, 2008
What To Do With That Leftover Paint
A large part of green building that people often forget to work into their plans is proper disposal of building materials. If you build green, then toss items into landfills to rot for 100 years,...more
Green roofs, OUT- green walls, IN April 7th, 2008
Just when you think green roofs are catching on, an innovative architect gives us green walls. Mass Studies' principle Minsuk Cho recently designed Belgian fashion designer Ann Demeulemeester's new store in Seoul with forests, ferns...more
Good Energy - Solar Power at Home April 6th, 2008
One Family Goes Solar
Starts and ends a little odd with a cow, but the middle is the part that counts. One family, and how they went solar. Discusses how...more
Green Building Link Love - RiverWired Style April 6th, 2008
What Other Bloggers Are Saying This Week
This week I decided to shine some link love on some of the other cool beans bloggers around RiverWired. However, I wondered, would anyone be discussing green house topics? Yes, as it turns out. Check...more
Four Easy Tactics You Can Use In A House To Conserve Water April 5th, 2008
This Earth Day Build or Renovate to Save Water
If you’re building or renovating a your house, there are some things you can do to conserve water. Install ultra low-flush toilets. This is more of a renovation tactic, since Federal law actually already requires...more
