Green Construction News

Americans are shifting to smaller homes.....while this article is very interesting, it misses the mark. The reason is UTILITY/ENERGY costs, not fashion........Besides that, the tax hikes are coming......

Two bamboo houses in two days........fast and green! 

Download your free copy of the proposed International Green Construction Code from ICC Today! 

A UK company called Affresol is turing plastic into recycled homes that have a life of at least 60 years and are themselves recyclable..........

Ice is more economical than chilled water and if made at night, saves on energy costs for cooling buildings.....

We have a companion link about old industrial sites (now called brownfields in PC terms) in Indianapolis, Indiana on the Environmental News Page. Here is an article about companies that are doing something about it..... Now if they could just find Indianapolis..........

Everyone it seems is talking about the world's finite supply of water. The current issue (April 2010) of National Geographic is totally devoted to it. Here is an article entitled "Toward Wiser Water Strategies" that describes possibilities for commercial construction practices that should become best practice.......................

Here is a link to 15 ways to green up your existing home or building.......

Not that you have installed those CFL lightbulbs all over your house, here is a new study from UL about them that should help you sleep at night........

A green home that also serves as corporate headquarters? Sign me up, Scotty..........

How about a miniturbine that operates off of stream current and eliminates the need for dams and their associated problems. Now if I only had a creek!

They may be socialist, but we want some (of this new product, that is). Let's steal this from the Brits. Plastic plywood, be ours.....................