green house

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

Home Energy Saving Resource April 29th, 2008

A New Resource for Earth Loving Home Owners

There's a new green home resource in town via the Department of Energy. The new interactive site, offers a clickable home, which shows you how to make smarter greener changes to your home, or how...more

Beware of Greenwashing While Building Your Eco-Friendly House March 21st, 2008

Greenwashing is a term used to describe companies, people, or products that claim environmental-friendly features that they don't actually possess. A good example of greenwashing is the Clorax company. They recently released a line of "green"...more

What Is Sustainable Building? March 4th, 2008

Among architects and building enthusiasts there’s been some controversy over what sustainable building means. Do we need LEED? Why? Shouldn’t everyone just build green as a rule? And so on. Personally I agree with the theory...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