World Water Day is March 22, and the perfect time to reevaluate how you can better improve the environment by becoming more conscious of water usage within the home
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Is Geothermal the Future of Residential Sustainability?
As technology improves and people seek ways to lower their carbon footprints and energy bills, residential homeowners and communities across the U.S. and elsewhere are starting to adopt more geothermal. Could it be the future of residential sustainability?
Buildings That Breathe: Designing for Air Quality
Today's architecture and design professionals have solutions that enhance ventilation, circulation and filtration in commercial buildings. We'll touch on a few of the most promising systems, technologies and additions below.
Green buildings must do more to fix our climate emergency
After more than three decades of talk about the potential of building green, we’ve still failed to change the way we design and construct buildings so that the built environment stops being a dominant contributor to runaway climate change.
How Construction Equipment Has Evolved
Here's a look at how some of the most common types of construction equipment has changed over the years.
Challenges Moving Renewable Energy Into the Residential Sector
This article explores some of the most notable difficulties facing the renewables sector, along with some ideas about how the industry will address these challenges.
How to Design Stylish, Eco-Friendly Bathrooms
Are you considering a green remodel for your bathroom? You must consider many factors when designing eco-friendly bathrooms.
Strategies for a Greener Construction Process
Here are some of the ways in which those involved with construction can keep things green. From management to equipment, cutting down waste can be achieved at every step of the way.
Free Solar For Low-Income Families Offers Promising Future For Renewable Energy
Reliance on fossil fuel paints a grim picture of the future. Heavy pollution and poor air quality, tainted groundwater and ravaged ecosystems comprise a landscape where nothing grows — the Earth salted without hope of restoration. Given the current political climate, this is a pressing threat.
Modern Green Home Trends
Each year, new items come out that make it easier to create homes that consider the environment but are also functional for everyday use.
Green spaces help combat loneliness – but they demand investment
This article suggests that the benefits of urban green spaces – including parks, woodlands, riverbanks, and gardens – are an essential part of a web of physical and mental well-being.
Balancing New Commercial Builds With Environmental Interests
In this article, we'll focus on ways in which new commercial builds are shirking the status quo, transitioning toward eco-friendly methods of development that will change the nature of planning and construction moving forward.
The next step in sustainable design: Bringing the weather indoors
A building’s primary purpose may be to keep the weather out, but most do such an effective job of this that they also inadvertently deprive us of contact with two key requirements for our well-being and effectiveness: nature and change.
Better Green Infrastructure Starts with Benefits-Driven Design
Resource-constrained communities must prioritize critical water infrastructure updates, but they need a smarter solution.
Smart city planning can preserve old trees and the wildlife that needs them
Urban growth will continue to irrevocably change Australia’s unique landscape and the wildlife it supports.
Green home improvements that will attract buyers
Many people, when they put their home up for sale, want a sure thing — to sell quickly and for the most money possible. You might be thinking, but how do I go about selling my house fast? The answer is simple, go green.
Revitalizing Historic Buildings as Modern Spaces
Even though using old structures for new purposes is both good for the environment and preserves a piece of history, there are some particular challenges involved with renovating old buildings into modern spaces.
Designing greener streets starts with finding room for bicycles and trees
Today there is growing support for bicycling in many U.S. cities for both commuting and recreation. Research is also showing that urban trees provide many benefits, from absorbing air pollutants to cooling neighborhoods.
How to Design Sustainable, Cost-Effective Housing in Urban Areas
It’s becoming increasingly obvious that we need both sustainable and cost-effective housing for those living in urban areas.
Tech That's Driving Sustainability in the Construction Industry
Technology plays a vital role in enabling companies to clean up their operations and be more environmentally friendly. Here are five of those possibilities.