Having a green roof is becoming the thing to do in urban environments and Green Roofs for Healthy CIties is an organization all about that. They have also a list of top ten cities with green roofs in North America. They are:
By David Leonhardt and Corey Rozon
In Canada alone, more than a third of total greenhouse gas emissions come from residential, commercial and institutional buildings. One of the best ways to help combat greenhouse gas emissions is through environmental green building practices.
Green buildings efficiently use resources such as water, land, materials and energy. A rating system, [...]
A new report was released by the U.S. Dept of Energy’s Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory (Berkley Lab) shows that renewable energy is being supported by a growing number of states. This is being done by the creation of renewable portfolio standards (RPS) which this report gives an overview of the experience with these new state-level [...]
Using Passive Solar enrgy os a great way to design a new home or use in a remodeling project. If you have no plans for doing any major remodeling or building a new home you can still use the passive approach to help heat and cool your home.
Though using passive techniques in an exhisting home [...]
