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A spring home tour offered by the League of Women Voters in the affluent Boston suburbs of Concord and Carlisle is focused on innovations in energy efficiency, green construction, and issues of...
A bill to revise North Carolina's residential building code on a longer cycle and to prevent local governments from offering additional inspections passed the North Carolina House 99-18.
The American National Standards Institute, ANSI, recently approved the 2012 ICC 700 National Green Building Standard, the first update to the standard since the original edition.
The Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing released its new RoofPoint Energy and Carbon Calculator that is designed to help roofing professionals measure the energy and environmental...
During New Homes Month in April, the National Association of Home Builders is showing home buyers why they can afford a higher-priced home—if it's new construction.
A Florida House bill that says state agencies should decide on a project-by-project basis which green certification standards are used on state construction passed a subcommittee vote 12-1.
The 2012 ICC 700 National Green Building Standard recently approved by the American National Standards Institute is now available for purchase through BuilderBooks.com in print and e-book formats...
This LCA, being released by the Vinyl Siding Institute, Inc., is a tool for builders, remodelers, architects, planners, and homeowners to use when comparing exterior cladding, including vinyl...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has requested feedback from stakeholders about the second draft of the Energy Star tubular daylighting devices and revised skylight criteria.
Integrity from Marvin Windows and Doors continues to outperform windows in the fiberglass/composite category with products from their Wood-Ultrex line named as most efficient by the EPA for 2013...
A new study shows the risk of mortgage default is one-third lower for energy-efficient, Energy Star-rated homes—a factor lenders and Congress should consider when making mortgage loans and policy...
With the housing market improving over the last year, households are concentrating more on kitchen and bathroom design in general, as well as on emerging products used in these areas of the home...
Third-party ownership has become the leading finance model across the big residential markets in the U.S., according to GTM Research's recent report, "Residential Solar PV Financing: The Vendor,...
Grayhawk Homes has been selected as a 2013 Energy Star "Partner of the Year" for its demonstrated efforts in promoting and constructing energy-efficient homes, the company announced.
A farmhouse constructed of concrete and white oak in the Ozark Mountains in Missouri was built to achieve the net-zero energy standard.
Sønderborg, Denmark, is aiming for a high environmental standard: to be carbon-neutral by 2029.
Boston has launched a program that will construct energy-positive homes that are so efficient that they produce more energy than they consume.
Installing rooftop solar panels on newly built houses can be cost-effective in terms of hardware, labor, permitting, and other factors, says Jesse Morris of the Rocky Mountain Institute.
The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) has upgraded its popular Heating Energy Cost and Carbon Calculator, giving the tool more timely applications that give construction...
The gradual move away from large power plants and transition to many more, smaller power sources such as wind and solar will require buildings to use operating systems as a computer would,...
