The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture, explores many of the different ways builders and architects have delivered sustainable homes. It features around 30 homes from all over the country, cities and rural, and serves as an inpiration for anyone interested in building green homes. It's well worth the $45 list price, but it's about 30% less expensive on Amazon if you follow the link.
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Jun 29, 2006
Jun 28, 2006
Green Building 101
Inhabitat has launched a series of articles on Green Building which they call "Green Building 101".
Their new summer series, will be updated each Wednesday morning, and intends to cover the basics of green building and offer tips and tricks for applying sustainable design principles to your home. The first installment today, breifly introduces the LEED rating system and tucks into the subject of "location and linkages" which is a LEED term relating to site selection.
Though it seemed very high-level the reality is they probably couldn't have gone into much more detail on a blog. Anyhow, I'll be looking forward to reading the coming installments.
Jun 24, 2006
"The Green House..." museum exhibition
The National Building Museum in Washington DC has opened an exhibition curated by Reed Haslach entitled "The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture and Design". The Exhibit runs through June 2007, so you have a year to get to DC to see it.
The 7000 square foot exhibit features a full size Glidehouse and examples of green design from around the world. Visitors also get to play with a helidon, which simulates the movement of the sun and shows how it's seasonal and daily movements affect a building design. And a material resource exhibit features around 60 different eco products for the home.
Lew Sichelman has written an extensive piece about the show which has been syndicated in several newspapers around the country. Click here to read it in the LA Times.
