To help you find the best solar spot lights, we’ve done the grunt work for you, looking at the dozens of lights available and picking our top five favorites. When narrowing down our picks, we […]
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Best Solar Garden Lights
Solar lights can give your garden that peaceful, ethereal glow without those ugly power cords or a high electricity bill. These garden lights are available in a variety of shapes, sizes and quality, which makes […]
Best Solar Pool Heater
Solar pools heaters are a great option for the swimming pool owner that needs a little extra heat in cooler months or even year round. Not only do they extend your soaking season, but a […]
Best Solar Christmas Lights
Solar Christmas lights are a great way to decorate your home for the holiday season, and cut down your energy bill. Beyond the environmental benefits, they’re also extremely convenient and versatile, since you don’t need […]
Portland Gets on Board With Tall Wood Construction
Portland, Oregon, is getting a new 12-story building with an innovative award-winning design – and it’s going to be built with wood. The Framework building, planned for Portland’s Pearl District, will be a mixed-use retail, […]
Heat Your Home With Compost
Some crafty individuals are putting their compost piles to another good use – heating their homes. Compost, besides making a wonderful garden fertilizer, gives off a lot of heat as it decays. Creative and green-minded […]
California Gets World’s Largest Green Roof
You don’t usually think of taking the elevator up to the roof to enjoy your lunch in the park, but that’s exactly what shoppers in Cupertino are going to be able to do once the […]
Wood Construction Reaches New Heights in Quebec
Wood construction is about to hit a new milestone as the tallest wooden building ever built in North America is set to begin construction in Quebec City. The tallest wooden building in North America is […]
Bringing Décor to Life with Photosynthetic Furniture
Say goodbye to the houseplants you keep forgetting to water, and embrace a new trend: decorative, functional microorganisms. Innovations in industrial and architectural design might soon bring photosynthesis into your home in a completely new […]
Taking Vertical Gardens To New Heights
Developers unveil plans for a 46-story apartment building in Sri Lanka with extensive, overflowing plantings on extra-big balconies.
Bringing A Touch Of Green To American Capitals
Lansing, Olympia and Madison are the latest U.S. capitals to get federal design help aimed at creating “greener, healthier and more vibrant neighborhoods.”
Net Zero At Unprecedented Scale On Illinois Campus
The Electrical and Computer Engineering building at the University of Illinois could become the largest net-zero building, by far.
You Might Call This The World’s Greenest House
Passive House, Minergie, LEED Platinum – Karuna House in Yamhill County, Ore., has become the first in the world to claim all three certifications.
World’s Largest Certified Net Zero Energy Building Opens In Los Altos
The building generates more than enough electricity to meet its needs during the first full year of occupancy.