The Margarido House in Oakland, California

Monday, July 19th 2010
The Margarido House in Oakland, California

Stunning house architecture design called the Margarido House is the first custom home in the US to be LEED-H Platinum certified and GreenPoint Rated. This modern home is design so modernly with great interior and exterior design. the round entrance is so unique, and there is a part that is rarely found to common modern house, thare is a barbeque place in the roof top of the house, the entire room design is design by taking a look at the modern value.... 

Icynene Integral to Connecticut’s First Net Zero Energy Home

Friday, June 11th 2010
Icynene Integral to Connecticut's First Net Zero Energy Home

Icynene spray foam insulation was used in concert with other energy efficient technologies such as solar power as part of a “whole-house” approach to building Connecticut’s first net zero energy home. Construction on the 3600 sq ft New England Farm House Style home was completed in November 2009 resulting in a house requiring no fossil fuels for heating and hot water, no net electrical usage from the utility company and no emissions from fuel... 

Peregian Beach House by Middap Ditchfield Architects

Saturday, June 5th 2010
Peregian Beach House by Middap Ditchfield Architects

The Peregian Beach House is modern holiday house is designed by Middap Ditchfield Architects in Queensland, Australia. The architect can harmonize wood and stone. Great job on the exterior and interior of this house. This holiday house is located on an elevated site overlooking Peregian Beach and foreshore. This beautiful house is designed to take full advantage of dramatic ocean views. If you look for a modern and beautiful house for villa and for... 

Bateman’s Row by Theis and Khan Architects

Sunday, May 30th 2010
Bateman's Row by Theis and Khan Architects

The RIBA London Award 2010 and RIBA London Building of the Year Award 2010 awarded a very beautiful modern house design called Bateman’s Row. it is designed by Theis and Khan Architects for themselves in East London. The house is Designed with highly contemporary scheme. It provides several lettable units – making the scheme viable from the start – and is an architects office and family home at its top complete with a green roof, providing... 

Capitol Hill: Pre Civil War House to Carbon Neutrality

Monday, February 1st 2010
Capitol Hill: Pre Civil War House to Carbon Neutrality

This Carbon Neutral House is located just four blocks from the Nation’s Capitol in the heart of Capitol Hill. The modest existing wood stick home dates back to the early 19th century. Although it has been vacant for several years in disrepair, the property is a wonderful opportunity to showcase “DC’s first Carbon Neutral Home.” With strict historical standards, well informed neighbors, tight building conditions, tough existing structural conditions... 

Constellation Energy’s Projects & Services Group to construct solar power system at Patriot Place

Wednesday, October 7th 2009
Constellation Energy's Projects & Services Group to construct solar power system at Patriot Place

Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG) today announced that its subsidiary, Constellation Energy’s Projects & Services Group, will construct a photovoltaic power system that will generate approximately 525 kilowatts of clean, renewable solar power at Patriot Place, the 1.3-million-square-foot entertainment, retail and dining destination adjacent to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. The system will supply approximately 30 percent of Patriot Place’s... 

The Melbourne Convention Centre earn a ‘6-Star, Green-Star’

Sunday, September 6th 2009
The Melbourne Convention Centre earn a '6-Star, Green-Star'

In the highly competitive Business Events market, hundreds of cities around the world are vying to attract global attention and a larger slice of the meetings market. Melbourne, one of the World’s Most Livable Cities – according to The Economist – has found a way to not only be noticed, but to set a global benchmark. Responding to the international call for sustainability, the Australian city has opened the ‘greenest’ convention center in... 

CertainTeed WeatherBoards FiberCement Siding for Mid-Atlantic’s First Carbon-Neutral Home

Tuesday, September 1st 2009
CertainTeed WeatherBoards FiberCement Siding for Mid-Atlantic's First Carbon-Neutral Home

Carbon-neutral home building is a new and growing trend in sustainability, where more efficient building design, innovative technology and strategic locations can be combined to reduce carbon emissions — the leading cause of greenhouse gases. A significant part of achieving this goal in the construction of such homes is ensuring that each building product installed has the maximum amount of sustainable attributes. Such is the case with the Carbon... 

SunCache Solar Water Heating System from Harpiris Energy

Saturday, June 20th 2009
SunCache Solar Water Heating System from Harpiris Energy

The SunCache integral-collector-storage (ICS) solar water heater uses a roof-mounted, water-filled, unpressurized, polyethylene panel and copper heat exchanger to pre-heat water for domestic use. Developed through research supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, the relatively inexpensive SunCache captures heat in 50 gallons of non-circulating water stored in a rooftop panel. When a hot-water tap is turned on, cold water from the supply line flows... 

Napa Valley’s Historic Bardessono Farmstead Morphs Into America’s Greenest Luxury Hotel

Friday, December 12th 2008
Napa Valley's Historic Bardessono Farmstead Morphs Into America's Greenest Luxury Hotel

Phil Sherburne, a pioneer in modern green development, will open his long-awaited Bardessono hotel, restaurant and spa in California’s famed Napa Valley during the first week of February. The 62-room luxury hotel with its 92-seat restaurant and bar is situated on the Bardessono family farmstead in the heart of historic Yountville. Sherburne, who was hand-picked by the Bardessonos to develop their six-acre property, promised an ecologically-friendly...