Rising public awareness of the environmental challenges is a major factor in the popularization of sustainable construction. However, with the benefits that sustainable construction offers, there are new liability risks and more possible litigation. As a result
State regulators updated California’s building code to require new homes and commercial buildings to have solar panels and batteries and the wiring needed to switch from heaters that burn natural gas to heat pumps
There are Still Quiet Places This is one of them Privacy overlooking the picturesque Methow Valley and East Slope Cascade Mountains in Washington State Permaculture Ready Off-Grid Sustainability Independent Living Surrounded by Beauty Begun
The Earthship appears to be emerging out of the rocky hillside. Its structure is carved deeply into the earth with expansive windows that gaze out onto the vast Pacific. It will soon be the
Imagining the climate-proof home in the US: using the least energy possible from the cleanest sources. Solar energy use will become more common as power use becomes smarter and more automated. Dealing with the climate
These Six Home Buying Myths Waste Time and Money. You’ve decided to buy a home. Friends, family, even coworkers and random acquaintances are offering their advice. Not all of it will be true. They
The Property Council of Australia has welcomed the changes on the recent Design and Place State Environmental Planning Policies (SEPP) Explanation of Intended Effect (EIE) report. The newly released Design and Place SEPP aimed to establish principles for the design
This streamlined structure is inspired by earthships and by the homes of local indigenous peoples. Near the Perequé waterfall in one of Brazil's national parks, Parque da Bocaina, architect Marko Brajovic has built
Wildfire, in one way or another, touches nearly everyone who lives in California and, increasingly, the West. Those of us living in California last fall can recall awakening to orange
As cash-strapped cities welcome Big Tech to build hundreds of million-dollar data centers in their backyards, critics question the environmental cost. On May 17, the City Council of Mesa, Arizona, approved the $800 million development
