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Heating the JP Green House with a hairdryer

The amazing promise and many challenges of passivhaus construction 4
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Imagine a building so energy-efficient that it actually gets dinged by LEED and Energy Star -- you've just imagined passivhaus, and we're putting it into action at the JP Green House.
Smarter cities

The 15 most sustainable U.S. cities 28
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
Seattle is the most sustainable big city in the nation, according to a list compiled by Smarter Cities, an NRDC project that looks at the progress American cities are making toward going green. Find out which other 14 cities made the list.
Talkin' Bout Cogeneration

Two homeowners, one monster, and a cutting-edge power source 6
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
There's a monster in the basement, but Peter and Edith are going to slay it. They're replacing their outdated furnace with a state-of-the-art micro-cogeneration system -- one of the first used in a residential setting.
Easy Rider

Transit ridership up across U.S. 7
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago
Urban Decay

Boston looks to generate electricity from indoor composting 0
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago
Bottled Rage

Anti-bottled-water campaign kicks off in cities across U.S. 4
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago