The recession apparently hit those builders experienced in green construction with less severity than other home builders according to a new study on energy-efficient and green home building which ...

According to a 2015 Green Building Economic Study, United States green construction spending is expected to reach $224 billion in 2018, outpacing typical construction practices.

Several everyday actions, both big and small, can help lower your carbon footprint, conserve water and energy, and protect ...

Once considered eccentric and dowdy, not to mention expensive, green-home building’s looks have gotten a makeover as it creeps closer to mainstream housing. Sure, with the real estate slump ...

Given the chance, building a green home seems like a no-brainer. While green homes may cost three to five-percent more than conventional buildings to construct, that investment pays for itself in ...

"It's possible to build deeply green homes at more of a normal price point if you're building them at a community scale," Meadowlark Builders president and co-founder Doug Selby tells Kirk Heinze ...

WASHINGTON — The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) will honor excellence in green residential design and construction practices and outstanding green advocacy efforts with the 2009 ...

A series of five Saturday workshops for home builders and contractors on green building begins today on the Xavier University campus and continues through May 8.

Green home building can refer to lower energy bills, indoor air quality, use of recycled building materials, overhangs for shade and protection, sensitivity to the surrounding land and much more.

At first, Baldwin Homes didn’t build green. Then it dipped its corporate toe in — one home here, another there.Now the Gambrills company is constructing an entire green neighborhood. It’s ...