BC's First Energy Star Qualified Home is a Round Beauty
A round home is British Columbia's first home to be Energy Star qualified, a topic of contention on TreeHugger.
A round home is British Columbia's first home to be Energy Star qualified, a topic of contention on TreeHugger.
Can hotels be 100% eco-friendly and affordable? I tried out Starwood's Element Hotel in NYC to find out how far a 411-room urban hotel can go green. The result is mostly positive with a few letdowns.
LEDs were already cheap when you take into account how much money they save you on your electricity bill, but now this is just a no-brainer.
Image credit: UMBI Center of Marine Biotechnology Fully Contained, Indoor Fish Farming Update: Karin has reported on this initiative before under Fish Farming Moves to the Condos, and Lloyd also covered it under the Future of Food. Great to see it still
TreeHugger didn't show many of the proposals for housing in Haiti, like Andrés Duany's proposals for a flatpack design (here in Jetson Green); We have spent too much time with Cameron Sinclair, who says "Top down solutions will
Growing up in California, I was never really scared of earthquakes -- they happened frequently and most caused little, if any,
Yet another reason why deforestation is bad: So much of Haiti's mountainsides have been eroded away because of deforestation and hurricanes that it may have stressed Earth's crust, triggering the earthquake that
How one crowdfunded organization is using earth building techniques to build impressive and durable structures for Haiti.
Small-scale solar panels promise many off-grid applications for renewable energy, and the SolarPuff is a particularly elegant example.
Pollution from power plants, cars, and other transportation is a well-known contributor to outdoor air pollution, but our indoor air quality is often worse; it can be up to 10 times worse for you than the air outside. Microbial pollutants like mold,
Getty Images Volatile organic compounds: something's in the air You can't see them, but they're all around us. They aren't listed as ingredients on the objects we bring in our home, but they're often there. They're volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, a
Volunteers are trialling an urban fish farm allotment in Bristol, England. Could this help ensure food security in an uncertain future?
There is something contradictory about building a Green Porsche Headquarters at an Aeropolis, but whatever.
When you've got a lot of driveway runoff, some careful landscaping can put it to good use.
Here's a building that saves up to 50% CO2 by controlling the sunlight with screens on its facade.
From what food to buy to how to access your medical records, here are the practical matters to consider before a pandemic strikes.
Reports that Turkey would reconsider its nuclear plans following a deadly earthquake in the eastern part of the country sounded too good to be true. They were.
Need a break from the news and bored of books? Here are some quality screen time suggestions of movies and TV shows that will (hopefully) take your mind off the pandemic.
Markets have shrivelled, storage is full, and redistribution networks are lacking, putting farmers in an awful predicament.
Are you looking for a DIY construction technique for building an affordable earthquake-, flood-, and bullet-resistant home? Look no further.
The bottled water company responsible for profound and pointless waste of water and fossil fuels is praised for low flush toilets and white roofs.
Designing kitchen ventilation that works in really tight houses seems almost impossible.
Easier to make than bread but just as satisfying, making pasta at home is simple, comforting, and delicious – and takes just two ingredients.
Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds are in everything from your dust bunnies to your dental floss.
With the aim of showcasing and selling products designed by women, No Sir also draws attention to gender inequality in the design profession.
More people die from COVID-19 when they live with polluted air. Can we learn from this crisis and clean it up?
Cardinal Health, which provides medical products and services to many of America’s most prestigious medical institutions, introduces the Hospital Quality at Home™ brand.
It takes a lot of preparation, prefabrication and people. The Chinese have all of this.
Cardinal Health, which provides medical products and services to many of America’s most prestigious medical institutions, introduces the Hospital Quality at Home™ brand.
It's the first time Dropbox's bottom line is in the black since the company went public two years ago.