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• Renovated Grain Silos Create Cylindrical Prefab Homes

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 742
  If pop art were to cross paths with prefab housing, the result would likely look this Warhol-worthy prefab home . Designed by Austin + Mergold , A-House-In-A-Can is a single-family residence built in the round interior of a grain silo. Constructed with off-the-shelf components and clad with a prefabricated steel ...
  18 hours ago

• 5 Ways to Reuse Kitchen or Bathroom Cabinets

  
  Planet Green — Authority: 671
  With a little effort, people can save items such as countertops and cabinetry, reusing them in another part of the home.
  1 day ago

• Clean energy challenges: the power grid and renewable energy infrastructure

  
  Keen For Green — Authority: 126
  The electrical power grid is an interconnected network of national, state and regional infrastructure for generating, transmitting, distributing and delivering electricity from suppliers to customers. Photo from www.bible-light.com In recent years, we have all become familiar with power outages, which ...
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• Eco-friendly Sony HDTV turns off when you leave the room

  
  The Toybox — Authority: 623
  What is an eco-friendly television, exactly? After all, aren’t TVs power-hungry electronics that brighten a room and raise an electricity bill? Sony says its KDL-VE5 series is “eco-friendly,” and backs it up by incorporating something quite simple into the set: a “presence sensor” that automatically ...
  1 day ago

• Make Black Friday a Little Greener

  
  Keen For Green — Authority: 126
  Black Friday a.k.a. the day after Thanksgiving a.k.a. one of the biggest shopping days of the year.  Stampedes, traffic jams in parking lots, and BIG sales.  Ive never been one to brave the shopping crowds; I always devoted the day after Turkey Day to alternating between stuffing my face with leftovers and lying on ...
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• How to Find a Green Home Houston!

  
  Inspected Thoughts — Authority: 120
  A guide looking at discovering your green home in Houston. T here are three trends in the Houston real estate market as I write this post: foreclosures; the tax credit; and a green home. If you are buying a home, one of these trends may be effecting your decision. The green home can be the most difficult ...
  2 days ago

• Ed Begley, Jr., Talks Sidewalk Paving, Eco Trendsetting, and More

  
  Planet Green — Authority: 671
  Actor and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr. helps readers tackle problems of new sidewalks, eco-frustration, and tankless hot water heaters.
  2 days ago

• Do You Live in One of Americas Most Toxic Cities?

  
  Planet Green — Authority: 671
  Youll never guess which city is the most toxic--or which is the cleanest.
  2 days ago

• Recycled Glass Terrarium

  
  Great Green Goods - Shopping the Eco-friendly Way! — Authority: 108
  Made from recycled glass, and comes with the sand and four air plants….perfect gift for that friend who claims to have a “black thumb” and kills all her plants. Or keep for yourself and perk up your office or studio. $79.00 at VivaTerra More terrariums previously featured on GreatGreenGoods.com>>
  2 days ago

• Decorating How-to: Bringing Autumn Magic In

  
  Healthy and Green Living — Authority: 610
  Theres nothing more luscious than inviting nature indoors in the fall: The brilliant colors of autumn make our homes feel deliciously warm and cozy as the weather turns cooler. Changing leaves, swags of grapevine, and vibrantly-colored apples and squashes make gorgeous, inexpensive decorations.
  4 days ago

• EWG Gives School Cleaning Supplies Their Report Cards (and it ain’t pretty)

  
  Eco Child's Play — Authority: 405
  Last week, while volunteering at my daughter’s classroom Halloween party, I flinched a little as I saw one of the other parents dutifully strolling around dispensing the requisite waterless, chem-filled hand sanitizers. Aside from my skepticism that anti- bacterial soaps will actually do much to kill a virus , I ...
  4 days ago

• (702) Four Step Energy Makeover: How to Make Your Home More Energy Efficient

  
  Danny Lipford — Authority: 133
  With the rising cost of gas and electricity, finding ways to cut back on your energy consumption is more important than ever. To help you cope, we’re taking a look at four great ways to make your home more energy efficient that are also eligible for the Federal Energy Efficiency Tax Credit by upgrading your ...
  4 days ago

• Fun in Home Design - NineSixtyNine by Agave

  
  Sphere Trending — Authority: 127
  Hows this for some fun on a Friday? These homes, part of a very unique subdivision in Austin, Texas, were designed by the Agave Architectural Group . A drive through this neighborhood is a treat for the eyes and there are innovative materials, bright color combinations and interesting facades literally around every ...
  4 days ago

• Berkeley’s Solar Plan to Serve as a Model for Biden’s Plan

  
  Keen For Green — Authority: 126
  Solar Panels The dilemma for the environmentally conscious consumer often comes down to dollars and cents.    That problem is particularly acute when it comes to solar systems where the investment in a solar panel system can cost on average of more than $20,000.   Yes, there is monthly saving but the payback ...
  4 days ago

• Renovation Nation Episode: Portland, OR--Ultimate Bachelor Pad

  
  Planet Green — Authority: 671
  How to turn a bachelor pad into an eco-friendly AND newlywed-friendly house? Dont miss this episode to find out.
  5 days ago

• 35 Ways to Winterize Your Home (Without Poisoning Your Family)

  
  Planet Green — Authority: 671
  Everyone knows it is important to winterize your home but so many of the tips rely on substances that contain toxins. Here are 35 non-toxic tips for keeping your family warm all winter long.
  5 days ago

• Prefab “green” house hoisted into place in Newport

  
  Green OC — Authority: 515
  Click here to view the embedded video. Photo by Michael Goulding When the day began, the lot sandwiched between two homes in Newport Beach contained nothing but a foundation. By midafternoon, the space was filled with a two-story, three-bedroom home — and an ultra-green home at that. The prefabricated ...
  5 days ago

• 6 Crafty Tips for Getting Cozy This Fall

  
  Healthy and Green Living — Authority: 610
  Mark Twain said, “Shut the door - not that it lets in the cold, but that it lets out the coziness.” Cozy is one word that sums up what we aspire our EcoNests’ to be: sheltering, snug, homey, intimate, and comfortable. Whether your home is modern, traditional, small or big - it can always be [...]
  5 days ago

• Salad Turnip and Vegetable Memories

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 139
  Long  rows of mounded dirt with more vegetables growing in one place than I’d ever seen.  Hollow gourds hung from trees, birds poking their heads from a carved out hole.  A piece of a crisp, juicy, pearl white turnip freshly pulled from the ground, cut with a pocket knife, and given to me as a taste of what the ...
  5 days ago

• Electrical wiring considerations in a LEED project

  
  Green Life Smart Life — Authority: 127
  If you’re building a green home, there’s one subcontractor that is going to have a harder time adopting green building methods than the others, and that is your electrician. Why you may ask? These guys are generally old school, the young guys who work for them, they learned the old school way. That means wires ...
  6 days ago

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