Tag: Sustainability
Salt Lake City Hopes Tiny Homes and ADUs Have Big Impact
Tiny homes and ADUs foster homeownership. So policymakers are partnering with designers and modular construction companies ensure that these additions to local neighborhoods are affordable, beautiful, and sustainable.
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#EcoRenovate Reveal: Two Bathrooms Undergo A Green Makeover
Handmade tiles and nontoxic paint marry to give the main and guest bathrooms inside a 1960s penthouse a green makeover, pulling color cues from the surrounding Chicago scenery.
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A Tête-à-Tête With Women Leaders In Sustainability
With gender equality listed as one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we’re highlighting women leaders in sustainability who are ushering in a new era of green. Meet the women who are blazing a trail toward a healthier future through recycling paint, ecological planning and building, and helping businesses contain their environmental footprint.
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The Pros and Cons of Using Reclaimed Wood
Reclaimed wood is really on trend now. But is it right for your home? Learn the Pros and Cons of reclaimed flooring and how to select what is best for you.
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12 Unique Houses Built From Reclaimed Materials
You’re probably familiar with reclaimed materials like wood from old barns, but have you ever...
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Earthships: How They Work & How to Rent One
You’ve seen photos of Earthships and like the idea of living off the grid, but how do they really...
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What is the Living Building Challenge?
The Living Building Challenge™ is the built environment’s most rigorous performance standard. It is a building certification program, advocacy tool and philosophy that defines the most advanced measure of sustainability in the built environment possible today and acts to rapidly diminish the gap between current limits and the positive solutions we seek.
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