The New American Home 2012 achieved the highest levels of green building certification possible, providing insight into the process and by-products of submitting to such standards.
Ultra-efficient demonstration home proves that low-impact living can be a high-end experience.
In the attached slideshow we highlight several past CHDA winners that make solar orientation, sustainable materials, and products a priority.
From pre-construction meetings through each stage of coordinated construction, the team building this home integrated their efforts every step of the way.
Builders, remodelers, and architects are finding new life for everything from used bricks and salvaged wood to chalkboard slate and vinyl siding. Here are five homes that put salvage front and center.
Architect Dennis Wedlick hopes to spread the word about the advantages of passive house construction.
East Bay residence gets energy-efficient upgrade and new solar roof.
Terry & Terry Architecture remodels a nondescript 1960s house into a handsome—and sustainable—urban residence.
A 1912 craftman gets a new millennium energy-efficient upgrade.
This 1,490-square-foot residence by Shipley Architects balances on a couple of steel beams, a few inches above the earth.