Time-lapse video shows the construction of a latrine in rural Pakistan -- from before the hole is dug until the doors are hung on each 'stall.'

NASA is using decades of space exploration technology to build a new eco-aware base here in California.

It is modern in appearance yet traditional in operations

It's wood, it's small, it's resilient.

Given how dreadful most new housing is these days, this is at least the minimum builders should build and customers should expect.

A Seattle educational non-profit hopes to crowd-fund a series of portable, off-grid shelters for some of the city's homeless, which local high school students will design and build with the help of professional architects and builders.

Seattle architect Mike Eliason describes what he learned about their housing policies.

Or is it a missed opportunity?

Passive House multifamily buildings use almost no energy and don't cost much more than conventional buildings. They should be everywhere.

It's a good demonstration of how you don't need a lot of smart high tech to build a comfortable house.

They are so thin that it's hard to believe that they stand up.

A couple of years ago, I made the New Year's resolution that my new clothing purchases would be limited to green garments. With the quality and selection of ">green fashion that's become available recently, it's been a promise

Hemp isn't just for food, textile fiber, and fuel, but can also be a renewable and sustainable component of green buildings, as this crowdfunded project attempts to show.

Air quality, choice of materials and finishes are also concerns in this house in Oregon.

This is not easy to do.

A photography fanatic creates beautiful iPhone docks as a homage to old cameras.

The USGBC is really on to something with their new initiative.

This super-insulated home is built to be earthquake-resistant too.

There are lessons to be learned from this model home built by Meritage, even if it is big and beige.

A new twist in the plot for the controversial pipeline, as TransCanada asks for a suspension of its application.

These are tiny homes with an activist bent, taking a stand against the incursion of a pipeline that could contaminate indigenous lands.

The Transition Movement - a community-centered response to peak oil and climate change - has been described as "the biggest urban brainwave of the century." Join us to chat with its founder.

The blocks could be part of the architecture of a building, generating more power than just rooftop panels.

While the world chases solar generating windows, we see how to do solar generating walls.

It also comes with its own beer dispenser, built-in right in the couch.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you a global economic crisis, a gloomy real estate market, and an uncertain currency future, make a house out of shredded-up money.

A quantity surveyor deals with construction costs for a living, and shows how it's done.

Passivhaus or Passive House does not mean they are just houses.

And whatever you do, don't read the comments.

Looking to tiny houses for design inspiration, these new student housing units have been constructed in a former Rotterdam office.

Here's how people work together to build their own homes cooperatively.

It even has a giant 3D printed Jacuzzi tub

Philadelphia architects Interface Studio are known to TreeHugger for their work with PostGreen and on the 100K house. They have also just completed a modular student residence at Temple University that really does demonstrate

Going for LEED Platinum in an affordable townhouse with clean modern design

A great demonstration of how to develop tiny lots.

These sliver towers are incredibly inefficient and even have fake mechanical spaces to make them even taller. We all pay the price in carbon.

But Passive House is so expensive! How can you build housing for the homeless and low income families this way?

A contemporary design for an earthquake-resistant, modular home.

This is shipping container architecture that makes sense.

This kind of shipping container housing makes sense

Canadian birch hauled out of Canada's Ottawa River adds resonance and tone.

And when you get to the top of this, you deserve a treat.

Sweden shows how to build comfortable apartments for families, and stairs that people want to use.

This is a big problem in old buildings: providing universal access without ruining the look of the building.

Think you need to be an engineer and spend a bundle to create a mini-hydropower generator? Think again.

Northern Arizona University student from a range of departments built the charging station piece-by-piece to educate fellow students on the energy used by their gadgets.

Building her first tiny home meant enough financial freedom for this tiny house builder -- enough to build another off-grid tiny vacation home in Hawaii.

I'm not quite sure, and the more I look, the more confused I get.

This is not a new debate, and raises all kinds of questions.

These pictures from the Sun Trip 2018 race prove the only limit is imagination. Congratulations to Sun Trip race winner Raf van Hulle (tech spec of his bike below).