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Recycled Rubber Flooring

Durable, slip resistant, and resilient, rubber floor tiles are green and easy to install by Jay Lazerwitz

A Brick Rehab Meets LEED's Highest Standards Online Membership Required

Solar panels aside, you can’t see the upgrades that make this downtown remodel so energy efficient by Richard Renner

Video: This Roof Grows Greener

Learn how planting a roof can help fight global warming by Richard Renner

Creating the Poetry House

Salvaged materials and unorthodox building methods are used to create a small, sacred structure by Bruce Johnson

A push for more near-zero energy homes

Voluntary Department of Energy program promotes and supports energy-efficient design and construction by Chris Ermides

A Small, Spacious House for a Skinny City Lot Online Membership Required

A contest-winning design squeezes a vaulted living room, a master suite, and room to breathe onto a pencil-thin lot by Roxana Vargas Greenan, Trent Greenan

Mandate passive survivability in building codes

Passive survivability is a life-safety issue. How long could you live in your house without power or fuel? by Alex Wilson

Video: Slip Inside a Skinny House

What sort of house can you build on a 25 ft. by 100 ft. lot? An architect walks you through her award-winning design. by Roxana Vargas Greenan

Understanding LEED-H Scorecards

Reports from three case studies outline what it takes to achieve LEED for Home's silver, gold, and platinum ratings by Sean Groom

Is green building too expensive?

How much higher do energy costs have to rise before people will pay a premium for a house that is LEED-certified? by Kevin Ireton

Making the Green-Building Dean's List

LEED for Homes is a new, comprehensive national certification program for green, energy-efficient homes. Builders who’ve tried it like it, but will it change the way houses are built? by Sean Groom

Pointed at the Sun Online Membership Required

An innovative solar-heating system is the foundation of an artist’s small country house, where an equally smart plan accommodates both life and work by Charles Miller

Tax Credits for Historic Buildings

Federal and state incentive programs make rehabilitating durable old buildings cost-effective by John K. Grosvenor

Getting to Zero Energy

Common-sense solutions for creating homes that are self-reliant, resilient, and versatile by David Johnston, Scott Gibson