Awareness regarding the use of renewable sources of energy like solar energy is pushing forward the technologies of present and future. Big guns like Tesla have ventured into solar roof solutions which promise huge savings, and minimal impact on the ...
There are endless possibilities to make beautiful and inspiring houses but eco-friendly architecture is the way ahead in the future. India-based design studio S+PS Architects has built a recycled building with front-facing facade made of different-sized old windows and doors ...
American households are becoming greener, with 80 percent of homeowners using energy-efficient appliances and 75 percent of homes fitted with energy-efficient lighting. While these areas offer a great start, you can reduce your home’s carbon footprint further with the following ...
While the whole world is still looking for answers to support sustainable living, Calgary-based environmentally responsive resident Yore Daniels has invented a creative solution to prevent heat from escaping through windows. The insulation-based energy-efficient shutters that minimize the amount of energy ...
On this environment day, most of us are pledging to go green and adapt eco-friendly lifestyle. But two designers Jacob Douenias and Ethan Frier have created something truly sustainable as well as practical for your green home. The designer duo ...
Building Designers Association of Victoria (BDAV) had called upon various building designers to participate in 10-Star Sustainable Design Challenge, as part of its 20th BDAV Building Design Awards. The challenge was to design innovative energy-efficient home that can be practically ...
Amid 10 dwellings selected for Portland Modern Home Tour, on merits of their design, construction and sustainability is a 13-feet wide, two story home from DAO Architecture. The metal clad structure, which replaces a garage on a side garden on ...
Heating is one of the main household cost, off-grid and net zero energy homes vision to solve this problem. But, with an intention to provide another alternative, Multipod Studio has designed the Pop-Up House – a low cost home, which ...
To alter the myth that environmentally designed homes are only a substitute, Harold Turner, managing director at H.L. Turner Group, an architecture and engineering firm, has built and is residing in ROSE Cottage, a net zero energy family home designed ...
As there is an adequate rise in rate of population of the world and a decline in available land for living space, many architects are coming up with sustainable micro home designs. ‘ZEM’ is one of those micro-home designs that ...