From one of the world's top pistachio-producing regions, comes a not-too-entirely nutty idea: Burning waste shells to heat buildings.

Homeowners with top-notch credit in California, Arizona, New Jersey and 5 other states will be eligible for direct loans from the PV-installing behemoth.

The compelling documentary 'Babushkas of Chernobyl' offers a haunting and beautiful picture of life in a disaster area thought lost to humanity.

Tatooine, a desert planet in 'Star Wars,' may have a real-life analogue 1,000 light-years away.

In the documentary "One Big Home," carpenter Thomas Bena goes behind the scenes to explores the trophy homes and "starter castles" of Martha's Vineyard.

Watch the fire spin and swirl as its driven up towards the heavens by an array of well-placed box fans to the soothing tune of 'Moonlight Sonata.'

With new data published by the WWF, Scotland once again proves itself as the renewable energy-generating powerhouse of the United Kingdom.

These fun designs will win over even the toughest of skeptics.

Things were hunky-dory for Ontario homeowners Loretta and Kevin Yates until their ceilings started to crack and ooze honey. Time to call an exorcist? Or an apia

Two major home improvement retailers in the U.K. pledge to pull gardening products containing bee-harming insecticides from their shelves.

The cloud wastes an awful lot of energy as heat. One company is putting it to good use.

It would take an extraordinary force of nature to blow one of these straw-stuffed brick abodes down.

The iconic space shuttle Endeavour, in commission for 20 years, has arrived at a museum in LA, making that its home for the foreseeable future.

Want to see if your home is a good fit for solar? Project Sunroof offers a decent snapshot from your web browser.

California approved new rules that require new homes and low-rise apartment buildings to use solar panels starting in 2020.

So that you don't wind up gifting an awesome mum something too sentimental and/or last minute, a few singular Mother's Day gift picks ...

For almost 40 years, Art and Nan Kellam lived off-grid on a Maine island, eschewing modern technology, but not each other.

Although new on the Indian retail scene, Ikea already has big plans to alleviate one of the country's largest environmental ills.

New flexible glowing sheets are inexpensive, easy to recycle, and could someday replace lightbulbs and OLED technology.

2014's big tech news comes early in the year with the announcement that Google plans to acquire Nest Labs for $3.2 billion in cash.

Almost everything we use runs on direct current, so why are our houses still wired for alternating current?

ColdLife organics grows its own food, keeps it cold, and delivers it to your door.

When you set up a rain barrel system at your house, you can save water and save money on your utilities.

City Food Tours has a delicious new walking tour dedicated to showcasing local foods.

When you can’t properly chew or shallow, eating can be a chore, but specialty created food can help.

By taking steps to make your home mold resistant, you’ll avoid the headaches of remediation and repair, as well as the potential health problems mold can caus

Humidity doesn’t just make you uncomfortable. It also causes problems and health hazards at every level of the home. Here is a bottom-to-top summary of some o

To moisten the air in your abode, grab some plants, put out some dishes of water, and get cooking. Here are some alternatives to an electric humidifier.

His sons had to let him know that the strange new dog wasn't theirs.

Do kids still get summoned back with bells and whistles at the end of playtime outside?

Capital One's new contract update raises the hackles of critics who question the company's right to contact customers by 'personal visit.'

Looking to make this holiday really special — without breaking the bank? Consider homemade gifts. Here are 10 ways to put a special glow into Christmas.

Father-daughter team turns a common race practice into a clever opportunity to help the less fortunate.

A study found that an invasive species of camel cricket from Asia is now far more common in American basements than the native variety.

She's featured in the PBS documentary 'Makers'.

If there was an 'unlike' button for renovation projects, the 30-year-old social media tycoon would have earned himself more than a few thumbs down.

This New Years Eve, I'll be raising my glass of biodynamic champers to the success of energy and money-saving home improvement projects.

As homelessness woes mount in the city, one big-hearted solution is squashed.

As a partnership with a nonprofit that provides shelter to homeless families goes to show, Amazon's takeover of downtown Seattle isn't without altruism.

Eclipse glasses distributed to the homeless, plus where to donate your old eclipse glasses if you don't plan on reusing them.

With frigid weather throughout the country, communities offer the homeless respite from the dangerous temperatures.

After debuting in Nottingham, England, the big-hearted concept catering to 'rough sleepers' is coming to America.

USGBC founder David Gottfried is selling his Oakland bungalow which, at the time of its completion, was the highest scoring LEED-certified home in the country.

The New American Home 2012, the official show home of the International Builders' Show, is revealed to be a boxy and modern beauty that's smaller and more effic

Located a stone's throw from a light rail station and a host of ethnic restaurants and public amenities, Dwell Development's Columbia Station is a green micro-c

In collaboration with the Make It Right foundation and William McDonough, the green prefab powerhouse debuts a LEED Platinum home starting at $179,000.

The Salmon Cove home was built with the environment in mind.

When describing March's featured 'Evergreen home,' resisting alliteration is futile: A magnificent, modern modular home in Madison Valley that's currently on th

In response to the rapidly expanding green home building market, the USGBC teams up with Home Depot to launch a database of LEED-qualifying products ranging fro

Once considered a dead zone for green building, Miami Beach will soon be getting its first LEED Platinum home in the form of 2020 Alton Road, a super-sleek, sup