Source: unknown Published: January 11, 2017 Having an energy efficient home will save you money and leave a positive impact on the environment. According to the U.S. Department of Energy (link is external), the average American household spends over $2,000 on home...
Source: energy.gov Published: December 18, 2015 Paul Lester Click here to watch “Saving You Energy and Money at Home”: https://youtu.be/IZRH0h3i3LI From heating and cooling to electronics and appliances, it takes a lot of energy to power our daily lives. Our homes use...
Source: usgbc.org Published: April 10, 2015 Digital technology, controls, and sensors have radically altered our lives, bringing automation and connectivity to nearly every aspect of our daily existence. Increasingly, this technology is finding itself used in the...
Source: dezeen.com Published: November 20, 2015 Jessica Mairs Paris firm BVAU has built an extension to the headquarters of a French social security agency, featuring a glass facade that opens and closes automatically in response to the climate (+ slideshow). The...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: January 6, 2017 by Jennifer Lauren Near Jay Z’s childhood home and an old Pfizer factory, you will find a set of ten steel shipping containers. Inside those seemingly innocuous containers lies a lush urban farm. Launched by Tobias...
Source: scientificamerican.com Published: April 22, 2016 Lawrence Orsini is the founder of LO3 Energy, a company that was started in 2012 and now funds the Brooklyn Microgrid project. Credit: Image courtesy of Sasha Santiago By Morgen E. Peck One New York City...
Source: ecowatch.com Published: October 11, 2016 Kristin Falzon Egypt’s first solar-powered village is up and running in the Bahariya Oasis. KarmBuild’s Tayebat Workers Village provides shelter for 350 people and was built with 90 percent local, natural...
Source: modernfarmer.com Published: September 8, 2016 Empress Green, a 4,500-square foot urban farm located at Urby Staten Island, a 900-apartment complex in New York City. Photography All photographs courtesy of Urby Staten Island Andrew Amelinckx Wouldn’t it...
Source: news.nationalgeographic.com Published: January 20, 2015 NOTE: This article requires a National Geographic account to view. Three miles northeast of the White House, now topped with solar panels, six modest new row houses are expected to deliver world-class...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: May 18, 2016 by Cat DiStasio The sleepy town of Oberlin, Ohio is primarily known for being home to an historic college of the same name, but its reputation may be refreshed by the addition of a new LEED-certified hotel. The Hotel at...
