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Photo: Flickr, CC "Any industry that mislays 25-30% of its product in the process of delivering it might reasonably be thought to have a problem." Between the water treatment plant and the tap in your kitchen, a lot can happen to water. Old pipes

On a drizzly afternoon in early March, Adam Andrewjeski, an 18-year-old college freshman from Las Vegas, walks out of his dormitory room and, in his slippers, pads down a flight of stairs to a common laundry room on the University of California, Berk...

This is Sunset's Idea House, or Cargotecture, which was just on display recently during Celebration Weekend in Menlo Park.  It's a tiny living space of 192 square-feet, though there's room to sleep up to four.  It's also solar-powered and ultra-moder...

This is The Boneyard House, a beautiful home in Washington, by architect and builder Dirk Nelson and Free Range Building Company.  It's luxurious and a patchwork of salvaged materials - railroad bridge trestles, crane rails, old mill wooden beams, re...

In the very near future, expect to be able to control devices, appliances, and lights in your home with the help of Google. That's the information coming out of Google's developer conference, Google I/O, where Android@Home was first announced. With t...

The accessory dwelling unit (ADU) market is alive and well in the Concordia neighborhood of Portland, Oregon.  People like these tiny structures -- sometimes referred to as backyard cottages, granny flats, or laneway houses -- because they can be lea...

5 Tips to Green Your Home From Organic Architect Eric Corey Freed

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This 10,000L Hydro Thermal Energy Store was installed in 2007 and has reduced the heating and hot water requirement of the 130m2 dwelling by about 60%.

The average American will produce something like 20 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year; however, in Sweden the average amount is something like six-eight tons (or tonnes) per year.  So when several companies join forces to put a four-person Swedis...

The world of prefab -- off-site fabricated homes shipped as panels, modules, kits -- is doing well these days.  Some companies are shipping more homes every month.  Indeed, prefabrication offers several potential benefits that the housing industry ca...