Green home certifications are formal acknowledgments that a residential property meets specific environmental performance standards. These standards are typically established by independent ...

Green building used to be a fringe activity in the Northwest. Fifteen years ago a few diehards built houses with straw bales or experimented with solar power. But for the mainstream builder and ...

Get Green Home Certified! This self-guided activity provides Northwestern students, staff, and faculty with meaningful steps and ideas to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle at home. The certification ...

Going green is all the rage, and not just because it’s Pantone’s Color of the Year. With more home and commercial property owners looking to create sustainable spaces, builders and interior designers ...

Hudson is now offering a Green Home Certification Registry program to encourage homeowners to save on energy and utility costs by taking steps to make their homes more energy efficient. Hudson is the ...

FGBC, the state’s leading certifier of green residential and commercial construction and local governments, recognized the leading homebuilder for its commitment to utilizing environmentally friendly ...

MOUNT VERNON — Local entrepreneur Kevin Maas has gone from turning manure into an energy source to building Mount Vernon’s first certified Built Green home. Built Green is a certification given by the ...

ASHEVILLE — Administered by the Asheville-based nonprofit Green Built Alliance, the statewide Green Built Homes certification program recently reached a milestone of 1,500 houses certified. Formerly ...

On June 19 and 20, homebuyers interested in learning about the benefits of green, sustainable and energy efficient living can tour three new model homes by Shea Homes at Ardiente, an age-qualified ...

When house hunting on an increasingly warming planet, thinking sustainably is never a bad idea. Luckily, Illinois ranks number one in the nation for its number of LEED-certified square feet per person ...

ASHEVILLE – After the Great Recession put the brakes on the drive toward high-end housing, an emerging green trend has put new life into Asheville's real estate market. Green building accounts for ...