Vegetation blankets can be used to create green roofs, but they aren’t limited to just that. A vegetation blanket consists of a layer of fiber covered in a substrate on which plant life can live; with various plant species growing on it.

MIT is world-renowned for its pioneering role in sustainable technology, and boasts some of the best architecture and planning programs in the nation

Thinking of the sprawling, materialistic metropolis of Las Vegas can send shivers up the spine of any environmental advocate: excessive water use, unsustainable urban planning, and unnatural buildings in the middle of a desert.

Design teams are competing to make your hotel room greener. The US Green Building Council has joined forces with the American Society of Interior Designers and The Hospitality Industry Network to launch the Sustainable Suite Design Competition.

Up a winding dirt drive, emerging out of blooming meadows … three normal-looking houses – passive solar homes that are the start of a community where both individuality and sustainability can flower.

Imagine a self-sustaining dwelling that seems to have a life of its own—sheltering its inhabitants, providing food, supplying energy needs, and transforming waste. Are you in love yet? An Earthship is much more than a home; it’s an integration of harmonious systems akin to those in the human body.

My grand-dad used to say “pick your poison.” He knew that nothing is perfect. There are good things and not so good things about every choice. When sustainability is your primary goal, you make decisions with a different set of parameters.

We’ve heard it since our childhood. If you want a strong house (one that can’t be blown down!) you have to build with brick. There are plenty of folks that are proving that old tale wrong.

Perhaps we can’t credit Warren Buffet specifically for the good news, but Clayton Homes, a subsidiary of Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway, announced earlier this month that they will be rolling out a line of LEED Platinum rated prefab houses. These new prefabs, titled “i-houses,” appear to offer the best in affordability and sustainability. The base, 1 [...]

In 2000, Battery Park City expanded its building guidelines to require all buildings to meet LEED certification requirements. A risky move at the time, it has since proven to be a boon to the neighborhood. With 8 residential buildings and one commercial building now LEED certified, some of the biggest developers moved into the area, and [...]