The 8-Second Attention Span
New reports from GlobeScan.com and GreenBiz.com show yet another way that politicized claims about...
Matt Power, Editor-In-Chief
Veteran journalist Matt Power has reported on innovation and sustainability in housing for nearly three decades. An award-winning writer, editor, and filmmaker, he has a long history of asking hard questions and adding depth and context as he unfolds complex issues.
Solar Energy: Time to Open the Blinds
This year's solar decathlon has a different feel than previous years. The entries have become more...
Five Myths about Home Fire Sprinklers
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) is helping to dispel five common myths...
Rise of the Megacity
We live in a new age of cities. Around the world, urban areas are growing faster and larger than at...
Building Science: Crunching the (Good) Numbers
It’s easy to think of “significant” numbers. But often the numbers burned most acutely into our...
Target: Suburbia
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has taken on a project of major...
Residential Developments and Green Demolition
The Eco-Revolution is changing nearly every industry, and demolition is no exception. Green...
Can Better Design Save the World?
We all know that huge changes in the way buildings are built will be required in the future. What’s...
Vacation Homes Need to Come Clean
A blog from our friends at Housing Zone this morning alerted us to the fact that the number of...
Our 3rd Commandment for Green Building: Change Orders Are Trouble
Fast forward another 10, 20, 50 years to the state of green building and the average builder will...
Our 2nd Commandment for Green Building: Don’t Give Anything Away!
In my last blog, I proposed that when building green, we follow a variation of the 2400 year old...
Net-Zero Energy: How To
Net-zero energy homes are no longer anomalies. New technologies and better building practices have...
Our 1st Commandment of Green Building: Primum Non Nocere
I think since you only get one first commandment, it should be an important one and I believe some...
