April 5, 2007   From Europe, a No-Chlorine Backyard Pool MICK HILLEARY, an industrial designer who builds zoo exhibits and trade show displays, and who expanded into residential pools five years ago, has found that Americans have a clearly defined idea of what constitutes a proper swimming pool. Read More

March 8, 2007   NEW YORK — Green building has united disparate parties from environmental groups to big business to policymakers, but one key industry has struggled to react to the change in public sentiment. Read More

March 7, 2007   USGBC Final Report: PVC an Unhealthy Building Material - The U.S. Green Building Council has released its long-awaited assessment of the health and environmental impacts of polyvinyl chloride plastic (PVC) building materials. The exhaustive study concluded that "When we add end of life with accidental landfill fires and backyard burning, the additional risk of dioxin emissions puts PVC consistently among the worst materials for human health impacts..."Read More

March 6, 2007    Austin, Texas: A new study released today shows that a combination of energy efficiency and onsite renewable energy resources, coupled with expanded demand response programs, can meet Texas’s growing electricity needs and save consumers money at the same time. Read More

February 8, 2007   U.S. Green Building Council announces support of the partnership between the National Association of Home Builders and the International Code Council to create an ANSI standard for green homes. Read More

February 8, 2007   PATH - Partnership for Advancing Housing Technology unveils its 2007 Top 10 Technologies "The updated top ten technologies hold the most promise for improving the quality of our homes," said Assistant Secretary Darlene F. Williams of HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research. "These technologies are ready now and they can perform in the houses that we build tomorrow." Read More

January 31, 2007   A survey released today by Green Builder® Media and Imre Communications reveals that U.S. homebuyers are willing to pay a premium for more environmentally friendly, green-built homes. More than half of homebuilders surveyed report that buyers are willing to pay a premium of between 11-25 percent for green-built homes. Read More

January 2007   Ten Things Wrong with Sprawl Read More Read More