Cutting-Edge Contemporary Design Flirts with Energy Efficiency in Portland’s Skidmore PassivHaus
Portland architect Jeff Stern had a vision – he wanted to construct a home/workspace that would blend cutting-edge contemporary design with the highest possible degree of energy efficiency. The type…
Airbulb – Part Wireless LED Lightbulb, Part Bluetooth Speaker – Plain Silly or Fun?
I am a huge audiophile, music is everything to me. I could have music streaming from every possible corner of my house. Naturally, when I read about AirBulb, which is…
Design Your Prefab Home Online (Down to Refurbished Furniture and Recycled Decor) Then See it Materialize in Front of Your Eyes
So what if I were to tell you that it’s possible to avoid the whole house decorating madness and jump straight into a pre-made home fully furnished and built with…
2014 New American Home is the Greenest One Yet, Snubbed by Critics “Too Monstrous”
The 2014 New American Home, which served as the model home for this year’s National Association of Home Builders International Builder’s Show, is the most sustainable home in the show’s…
An Innovative Lightweight Living Roof Design – Planter Box and Trellis Retrofit System
Green roofs are one of the hottest concepts in sustainable living today, but they are not without problems – one of the most serious being, if you try to add…
The Cottle Zero Energy Home in San Jose is a True Marvel but was it Worth the 15% Premium?
The builders of the Cottle Zero Energy Home say their newly build luxury house was recognized as one of the highest-performance, greenest and most energy efficient homes in the entire…
Aro Ha – New Zealand’s New Breathtaking $30 Million Self-Sustaining Wellness Resort
Luxury resorts and spas are often the playground of the rich and famous but a New Zealand architect is changing the way we think about resorts and re-imagining their entire…
ISI Tech Claims to Have Invented the Most Energy Efficient Tankless Water Heater Ever (Saves up to 40%)
Anyone who has a tankless water heater can attest – while the energy consumption (compared to a standard tank heater) is considerably lower, these systems tend to be rather unreliable…
Baker’s San Francisco Cottage of The Future: Zero Energy With a 30% Surplus
The future is starting early in San Francisco because of a little (but not so small) cottage that architect David Baker hand-constructed in order to illustrate that not only can you create…
Family Builds a Tiny Home Off-the-Grid for 22K and Adopts a Dream Lifestyle
The Morrison family is on the quest to simplify their lives and strip of all unnecessary clutter associated with modern consumption. They have been longing for a different lifestyle so…