Green Home & Building

San Diego’s planned La Jolla Commons II complex, powered by biogas fuel cell technology, will become the largest net-zero office building in the United States once complete in 2014.

The low-tech accordion-style sunshade gets a futuristic twist by Yazdani Studio’s concept to reduce energy costs for a planned office tower in South Korea.

A new construction design strategy being tested in Toronto combines efficient insulation, a heat pump and a reduction of unused living space to dramatically slash heating bills.

A one-of-a-kind concession stand in Indiana is, at once, a work of art, a functional green building, a science exhibit, a recreation area and a respectful lesson in resource conservation and life cycle analysis.

Barcelona-based designer In-Tenta has created the Drop Eco-Hotel, a portable green living space that treads lightly on the environment and allows tenants to experience nature while surrounded by comfort.

Rainwater HOG was created by an Aussie architect to utilize overlooked spaces for water storage — and an all-American version is now available in the U.S.

Recently unveiled at Greenbuild, the Paradigm modular home comes with all the green bells and whistles, and makes smart use of both rain and gray water.

The Goods Line is Sydney’s answer to New York’s High Line, and takes a tip from that iconic project in turning an old elevated railroad line into a park/trail.

A proposed addition to Philly’s Reading Viaduct Park would create a “low line” addition to Philly’s “High Line” — if transportation advocates don’t prevail.

The monsters that came to your front door this past Halloween may not actually be as scary as those lurking within your house — consider these four nasty indoor pollutants.

Chengdu Tianfu Great City is a new district under development in China that will be built green from the bottom u,p with clean energy and mass transit for all.

The American Consumer Institute has a bone to pick with the US Green Building Council on the Forest Stewardship Council’s monopoly on LEED points for eco wood.