Eichler Inspired Modular Homes that Can be Customized to Anyone’s Taste
A California-based modular design company Simpatico Homes, is pioneering an affordable, sustainable and infinitely customizable system based around a series of modular building blocks. These homes combine the budget-friendliness and…
Unique Cave Homes That Can Make You Excited About Living Inside of the Rock
Fred Flintstone, eco-warrior – who knew? Yes, it turns out that everything really, really old is new again…for sustainable, eco-friendly living, you just can’t beat a cave. In fact, there…
Everyday Toxins: a Simple Guide to Gloves Free Kitchen
Are you still wearing gloves to protect yourself from chemicals in the kitchen? Or perhaps worse, are you NOT wearing gloves to protect yourself from chemicals? Either way, you must…
Old Sunnyvale Rancher Reincarnates into a Modern Passive House
The modest Sunnyvale, CA ranch house dated back to 1957 and was causing the owners – Jerry and Charlotte and their two young children not a little discomfort with constant…
Prefab Straw-Bale Buildings are Out to Conquer With Efficiency and Comfort
You can huff and puff but you won’t blow these straw houses down. Prefabricated straw bale construction might sound like something from “The Three Little Pigs” but it’s an innovative…
The House That Pays Your Bills – Net Zero Living in New Jersey
The way we look at it is that if the house has no energy bills, it might as well be called a house that pays your bills. This Net Zero…
Laundry to Landscape Greywater System Explained in Five Steps
When it comes to water conservation the solutions are not black and white, they’re grey. You will find it (correctly) spelled greywater and graywater but whether you spell it with…
San Jose Welcomes LEED Platinum Certified Fourth Street Family Apartments
Recently awarded LEED for Homes Multi-Family Mid-Rise Platinum certification, Fourth Street Family Apartments provide a hundred affordable and truly “green living” apartments for families in the Silicon Valley. If you…
How to Pick the Best Hardwood for your Home and Keep Our Forests Healthy
Wood has always been one of our most precious resources. Unfortunately, with over 7 billion of us relying on trees for survival and comfort, managing forests in a renewable fashion…
What Really Happens To Your Trash Once It Leaves Your Home?
EPA says Americans generate about 251 million tons (228 million metric tons) of trash per year and this figure is growing. That is about 4.5 pounds of trash per head.…