A countertop made from a composite of recycled, compressed paper costs about the same as one made of granite. In his small way, Michael Schaeffer hopes to change that. Schaeffer, a longtime California ...

DTLA - In April, the Houston-based developer Hanover Company opened its third in a series of seven-story Downtown Los Angeles apartment buildings. The 263-unit Hanover Olympic, designed by ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, has been recognized as a 2021 Eco-Leader by Green Builder Media in their ...

Picture the Pantheon in Rome. Considering that it was built in CE 128, it has held together remarkably well under the footsteps of hundreds of millions of visitors over the centuries. If the ancient ...

Planning to renovate your entire home or add functionality to an outdated or underutilized space? Good news! You now have a unique opportunity to incorporate eco-friendly home improvements to help ...

Building a deck is a wonderful way to enjoy your outdoor space. If you are covering a water-thirsty grass lawn with a deck, you are already a step ahead in the green game. However, to keep up that eco ...

Trends come and go in the construction industry. But these days, according to local building pros, those trends are less about accent walls and open floor plans, and more about being green. “The ...

More and more, green building teams are relying on these types of external metrics to prioritize green building design decisions. Chris Pyke, former Director of Research at the U.S. Green Building ...

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There was a time when saving gas required as horrible a sacrifice as squeezing behind the wheel of a rattling Pinto. Healthy eating used to mean holding our noses while Mom forced us to eat some ...

This story was produced in collaboration with CivicStory as part of the New Jersey Sustainability Reporting project. Along a winding, bright green moss trail in Steelmantown Cemetery is a small ...