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.

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.