Not only do these tiny houses save you money and help conserve natural resources, but they're also surprisingly comfortable......

A glimpse of the future? This cardboard house is 100% recyclable and has extremely low cost components. The Cardboard House is a direct challenge to the housing industry to reduce housing and environmental costs.


The Cardboard House represents the reduction of technology and the simplificat...

Is hugging a tree not enough for you? Do you want to sleep with a tree? If so, this new tent may be the thing for you......

The Solar Decathlon challenged 20 teams around the world design and build the most attractive and energy efficient solar-powered home.

The homes had to be carbon neutral, without sacrificing comfort, convenience, and aesthetics. Each house had to produce ‘extra’ energy to power a vehicle.

The...

Bio-what? The Integrated Learning Centre in Ontario has created a three-story-high biowall. The structure acts as a biofilter and aesthetic feature of the building where it is located...That's different....

Greensboro is an apt name for a town that will be home to one of the greenest hotels in the country. The Proximity Hotel (www.proximityhotel.com), in North Carolina’s Piedmont region, is striving for gold certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating Sys...

Two years after the storm, the devastated city is a boomtown of fresh ideas in architecture. One of the more original schemes is to retrofit houses with Styrofoam foundations. If high waters roll in, the houses can float. Green building is taking off too....

Nearly a fourth of U.S. families now live in suburbs or exurbs without fire hydrants. This is just one of the downsides to continued expansion, and more evidence that we need smart growth....

It's not just for hobbits anymore. The logic of green roofs is becoming more apparent. We can minimize our bills while maximizing the beauty of the urban landscape. And every day it's becoming a little easier to live in a house that just happens to have plants growing on it.

Vegetated roofs, o...