You don’t need to start from scratch to have a more efficient home. Find out how you can boost your home’s environmental credentials with some smart retrofits. Building regulations require today’s new homes to
Concrete that absorbs carbon dioxide has made slow progress but is finally hitting the market. In 2010, this publication cited more environmentally friendly concrete as one of its 10 Breakthrough Technologies of the year
Buildings designed by Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta often look like the mountain peak for which the company is named. Snøhetta’s designs are simple, stark, and by all accounts breathtaking. But the company’s latest
These walls systems are all solid walls made out of dense materials, of which the modern Brick, Block and poured concrete walls are the most common variety. Since these common variants are all have
Thinking about new flooring, but don't know where to start? Check out our suggestions for 5 super sustainable, eco-friendly flooring materials for your home. I think we can all agree that less is more
A Holland architecture firm has proposed a high-density community of buildings covered in greenery that would function off-the-grid. “OAS1S” is a proposal for a community of “treescrapers” that would create a forest of buildings
Homebuilders are balking at a new labor law ruling that puts them on the hook for issues involving millions of subcontractors. Roofers, plumbers, electricians, framers are just some of the 25 categories of subcontractors
The United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda will be held from 25 to 27 September 2015, in New York. In the weeks running up to the summit, the team
some of the city’s green building experts met to discuss how new building codes are changing the way the city lives and works. The event was produced by ElevationDC and sponsored by the law
While issues such as the labour shortage will no doubt persist for some time, these concerns should be partially offset by a slew of innovations and adaptive techniques that will finally help the construction
