Germans Love Their Green Vacations

Germans tend to have an incredibly green culture, and this includes their vacations. A guidebook that details 200 green projects around the country sold...
Some home energy efficiency improvements even pay you back.

Boost Your Home Energy Efficiency – Now’s the Time

Home energy efficiency is a good thing to take a look at, no matter what season it is. In the summer, cooling can be quite...

Buildings Pitagoras and Tecnova Spearhead Sustainability in Almeria, Spain

In 2012, the Pitagoras and Tecnova Foundation buildings in Almeria, Spain, were completed. Promoting sustainability and the development of advanced technology, the Ferrer Arquitecos-designed...

Solar in Your Grocery Cart? PV Panels Sold in IKEA

IKEA, the DIY-furniture giant, is offering you a way to make your own solar array by selling solar systems through its stores. The English...

$70 Thermostat proves the power of open-source technology

Although every big corporation and patent troll would tell you otherwise, the open source model is one of the surest paths to technological innovation and progress....

Singapore Boldly Pushing Green Building Initiatives

Singapore has long been known as the Lion City, but now wants to be known more for its other monicker, the Garden City.  The...

Your Building’s Carbon-Dioxide Emissions – Hestia Knows Them

For the most part, when we consider carbon-dioxide emissions, we deal in averages and estimates. Because the problem is so broad, averages make...

True North Log Homes Adds More Energy Efficiency by Using Sustainably Grown Timber

True North Log Homes has constructed this quite marvellous structure from Quebec and north Ontario’s sustainably-grown white pine heartwood timber, which incidentally are also...
This Net Zero Home, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, no less, requires no fossil fuels for its operation.

Surviving a World Without Fossil Fuels – Where Will We Live? Net Zero Homes,...

Currently, most of the world is in the grip of a totally unsustainable lifestyle, powered by fossil fuels. Speaking of petroleum deposits alone, giant oil...

Tesla’s Gigafactory, World’s Largest Net Zero Energy Building

The latest from Tesla's battery 'Gigafactory': it will produce all the energy it consumes, and it will be renewable. There is an ever-so-growing anticipation and...