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The Greenest House in America
Although it's healthful, low maintenance, and easy on the environment, this Texas home is also lots of fun to live in This article features the new home of an architect…
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A House for the End of Cheap Oil
In Belmont, California, architect David Arkin has designed a house that heats and cools itself, and generates it own electricity. A passive/active system banks the sun's heat in 2-ft.-deep sand…
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A High-Performance Spec House
Architect Christopher Briley believes the spec-house market is ready for a change, especially now that energy prices are on the rise. This 2200-sq.-ft. spec house in Maine, called Harmony House,…
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Greening an Outdated Kitchen
Smart use of space and materials made a small kitchen family and environmentally friendly
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What Does “Green” Really Mean?
Green building is a wide-ranging, complex topic, and "green" is one of the buzzwords in the building field today. Contributing editor Scott Gibson takes a look at the complicated definition…