green design

Eco Design, Green Marketing and sustainability. May 21st, 2008

The importance of using green marketing to promote a sustainable ecology.

It may be that we are not the first generation, or even civilisation on earth to carry this responsability on our shoulders, or perhaps we are, but it seems that we all have to save...more

Will $100,000 Build A Good Green Home? May 13th, 2008

The 100K House Project

Postgreen and ZeroEnergy Design are going to be constructing an urban infill home for just 100K. The main goal of the house building project is that the home ends up using only 53% of the...more

Smart Green Home Design Option - Earth Floors March 17th, 2008

Earth floors, sometimes called adobe floors, are pretty cool. I had some pals put one it and I've done the planning for my own, although, in the end we went with different flooring. If you're...more

Want Your House to Be Certified Green? March 12th, 2008

Check out this new, simpler rating system

The USGBC is sponsoring a 60-minute long webinar (2nd in a series of 3 webinars) featuring case studies of LEED for Homes projects on Wednesday, March 13 at 2 pm Eastern Time. If you are familiar...more

Green Design Gets Groovy March 11th, 2008

The Latest and Greatest in Smart Green Design

As I was checking out the latest issue of Popular Mechanics in my dentists’ office (not at all because the latest issue of People was taken up by a surly-looking woman with a swollen jaw)...more

Diary of a Green House January 10th, 2008

An Ongoing Saga

For the next few months we’re going to design a small guest house in Indianapolis and blog the entire process. Even though I’ve spent my entire career designing spaces in the 5 boroughs, I’d like...more