In our fast-paced, technology-driven world, the idea of building a green home using traditional techniques might sound like you’d be taking a step backward. However, it's important that we re-evaluate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ASHEVILLE - To build a home at a proposed West Asheville subdivision, there is only one rule — the home must power itself. A new ...

Thanks to growing social awareness of how much trouble the planet is in, more and more people are building green and demanding enviromentally-friendly options in their housing. An entire industry had ...

Rachel Wagner, owner of Just Housing in Duluth, points out the extra-wide window sills in a green home she designed. The home's thick walls contain twice as much insulation as required by the state's ...

A new series of courses centered on green-home building kicks off this weekend at Southwestern Oregon Community College. Led by Renee Powers, founder of Gold Beach-based True Green Pro, Saturday's ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - January 20, 2009-Brattleboro, Vermont-based BuildingGreen, LLC, just announced the launch of GreenBuildingAdvisor.com. Accessing the nation's oldest, deepest database of ...

Just a few short months ago, Green Built North Texas officer Phil Crone was getting barraged with phone calls from consumers wanting a list of local homebuilders building green homes. Crone would then ...

That partly explains how the showcase home at the International Builders Show in Orlando, Fla., earlier this month earned a Gold rating for green building, despite being a 6,725-square-foot, ...

"Going green" has become a popular catchphrase in recent years, as environmental concerns have taken a more prominent place in the national consciousness. At the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical ...

A sustainable-building organization has rebranded to align with its mission to expand meaningful change in Long Island’s building practices. Build Green Long Island – formerly the U.S. Green Building ...

KB Home CEO Jeffrey Metzger talks to WSJ housing reporter Robbie Whelan about the state of the housing market, green building, and what's to come in 2011.