Recent Event Highlights: Agave Design Austin - Affordable green home in East Austin, green home design I, Eye on Design: Solar Home, liveroof at green building festival, Green Home Design, Rustic Log Home Design Ideas, and 27 more...
Created by dipity on Oct 14, 2008
Last updated: 01/29/09 at 08:05 PM
Web Search: Green Home Design has no followers yet. Be the first one to follow.
Agave Design is a affordable green home community located in East Austin. www.livewelldowntown.com is a local realtor at Prudential Texas Realty looking at the Agave Homes in the 969 Community. The modern contemporary home is full of green features.
New Age/New Design
With fuel prices continuing to climb, you may want to consider solar power for your home. A Park City resident did just that. For more, watch PCTV online at http://parkcity.tv
we interview terry mcglade about the liveroof green roof system
college comedy comic computer css death design diy economy election elections energy entertainment exercise facebook fantasy film finance flash food football funny furniture gadgets game games gaming global-warming google gop green home how-to humour hurricane illustration images internet-marketing javascript language life living love mac maps marriage media microsoft money movie obama olympics online paintings personal-development photo photos photoshop pictures police police-state privacy quotes recipes recycling republican republicans rock school sculpture security social-media social-networking society space star-wars tech technology television tips uscollege comedy comic computer css death design diy economy election elections energy entertainment exercise facebook fantasy film finance flash food football funny furniture gadgets game games gaming global-warming google gop green home how-to humour hurricane illustration images internet-marketing javascript language life living love mac maps marriage media microsoft money movie obama olympics online paintings personal-development photo photos photoshop pictures police police-state privacy quotes recipes recycling republican republicans rock school sculpture security social-media social-networking society space star-wars tech technology television tips us
Green home design used to be popular because of tax credits. Green home design includes energy efficiency and designing for your climate. Green home design is sustainable and can be a reflection of the self. Learn more about green home design from author and architect Sarah Susanka.
Photo Slideshow of beautiful, rustic log homes from Golden Eagle Log Homes Custom designed Golden Eagle Log Home Log Homes, Log Cabins, Timber Frame Homes, and Hybrid Homes from http://www.goldeneagleloghomes.com
Excerpt
... www.freegreen.com - FreeGren David Wax, 617-861-4799 ext 1 dwax@freegreen.com FreeGreen.com is giving away a custom green home design, valued at $25,000, while simultaneously helping to re-shape the American Home. This is all part of FreeGreen's unique business...
Source Info
PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/green-home-design-contest-shapes-the-r731992.htm
Earth Day is 22nd!! **As Budgets Tighten, Homeowners Look For "Green" And Cost-Effective Ways To Run Their Homes** HGTV Host and Nationally Recognized Home and Interior Design Expert Provides these Latest Cost-effective Tips and Tools for your Home Martin Amado, HGTV Host And Nationally Recognized Home And Interior Design Expert A green home is a healthy home; free of toxins with fresh air and a clean environment for our families. A green home is also an environmentally friendly home with reduced energy use, conscience recycling efforts and sustainable living habits. However, creating a green home is easier then you think. HGTV Host and Nationally Recognized Home and Interior Design expert, Martin Amado has important "green that you and your family can implement today that will help everyone live a healthier environment and fight against global warming.
When you decorate your home, you may not think about "going green" in the process. But maybe you should. These days more Interior Designers say green designs not only look great, but just might make you FEEL great.
Joseph Lstiburek, Ph.D., discusses what makes David Weekley's Green Home energy-efficient and so much healthier than most homes - including the one you may live in now!
EverGreen13 TV show: Green House Building Science 4EverGreen13 Television show Green house Buiding Sience & Remodeling for High Performance Homes. Alternative Energy Green house Remodeling. World-Class Green Building Science EXPERTS ! Film interviews of Experts, Novices & Doers. U. S. Green Building Council (USGBC)& (LEED) Leadership Energy Environmental Design Solar Panels, Wind Turbines, Solar Hot Water. U.S. Government FORMS for every Tax credit, tax deduction, tax deferrment, and out-right CASH REBATE. $30,000.00 Alternative Energy Hardware $20,000.00 100% deductable $10,000.00 $50.00 per month mortgage payment ---------- - $200.00 Utility bill Per month X 30 years ZEH(+)KIT built homes: ZEH = Zero Energy Home (+) = More energy than consumed KIT = Pre-Cut / Site Built 2,000sq.ft/Basement/Pool/$150,000.00 NO HAVAC / NO UTILITY BILL Carbon Foot Print Calculators. Investment FUNDS for GREEN TECHOLOGIES. TAGS: Green House Building Sciences TVshow Alternative Solar WInd Energy Remodel
Our planet is home to millions of species of animal and plants with their own habitat, and each plays a unique role in the perfect design of nature. Unfortunately many species of plants and animals are victim of uncontrolled human development. Cannabis, one of the most ancient plants known to man, used in every civilization all over the world for medicinal and recreational purposes, is facing a very real threath of extinction. Besides the threath posed by human development, one of the goals of the United Nations, published years ago in official reports, was to wipe out the cannabis plant from the face of the earth by the year 2010. In reality this is far from being achieved, because man keeps using the cannabis plant for religious, medicinal and recreational purposes no matter what the law says. Most cultures cannot comprehend how a plant can be made illegal. In most people's perception, plants and animals stand above a status of legality or illegality, they just exist in a higher design of nature that goes beyond human laws and regulations. Nevertheless most governments of cannabis-producing countries are implementing drastic measures to destroy crops. Dangerous chemicals are sprayed over fields and over the farmers themselves in most of the third world countries, and the poorest people of the planet are the ones paying the highest price for cultivating a plant that does not kill. But in the economy of scale, where demand dictates supply, the poorest people of the planet have no choice but to cultivate cannabis as a cash crop to feed their children and send them to school. Communities that are isolated in remotes areas in the poorest regions of the planet are often the keepers of very special landraces. The worldwide prosecution on the cannabis plant generates the need to go hunting for the real landraces that are left in the most remote corners of the planet. These strains, isolated for decades and sometimes for centuries, costantly inbreeding, are at the origin of all the thousands of variations that we know today in the cannabis industry. In these landraces there are hundreds, maybe thousands of unique cannabinoid profiles that have never been evaluated by the pharmaceutical industry; nevertheless they could be of enormous help in the future, when the knowledge about the medicinal properties of the cannabis plant will advance further. One of these cannabinoid profiles could be hiding the next miracle drug for the treatment of very serious diseases. The concept of strain hunters stems from the need to preserve nature's gifts to man, in a quest for a better future. Being a strain hunter is a personal challenge, a passion, and a way of life. Strain hunting is a very delicate task, one that involves social skills, a travelling-oriented mindframe and a pinch of crazy. Besides being physically fit, the strain hunter has to speak several languages, be able to blend and socialize in different environments, and has to be willing to commit to a lifestyle on the fast-lane. From the jungles of Africa and Asia to the mountain ranges of South America, the strain hunters are on a mission to bring back the most important and isolated cannabis landraces known to man. The logistical challenges involved in strain-hunting are quite considerable, but Arjan, owner and founder of the Green House empire, has been devoting a great deal passion, time and resources to this task. After two decades spent strain hunting for the breeding programs of the Green House Seed Company, it is now time to show the world what the hunt is all about. Strain Hunters is a brand new series of documentaries, real-life reports of the search for the greatest lost cannabis strains, a deep insight in the typical "day at the office" of the most successful seed makers in the world.
Deltec Homes recently announced the completion of a LEED Platinum Home, achieving the highest possible certification from the LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System administered by the US Green Building Council (USGBC). The home was constructed from foundation to finish in 106 hours for the television show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. One of only 25 Platinum certified homes nationwide, the home also achieved the Gold level awarded by the National Home Builder's Association Green Building Program. Celebrating 40 years of building sustainable, wind resistant, circular homes, Deltec is the first home builder to receive top ranking by both programs. The construction of the award-winning home was featured on ABC Network's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition on May 18. Deltec led a volunteer team of 17 builders from across the country to build a wind resistant home for a New Orleans family whose house was severely damaged twice-first by Katrina, then by a tornado that devastated their neighborhood. The first LEED certified home in Louisiana and the first green certified, hurricane resistant home for Extreme Makeover, the Deltec home was completed in only four days. USGBC President, CEO and Founding Chair Rick Fedrizzi presented the LEED Platinum award to the homeowner and building team with high praise for the unprecedented accomplishment. "The collaborative effort required to create this home is to be commended," said Fedrizzi. To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/deltechomes/32822/
Robin Wilson of Robin Wilson Home is featured on Fox Business News. Discussion of eco-friendly philosophy and the trajectory of the firm. From renovation and design projects to products designed by Robin Wilson Home.
Michelle explains her first EcoPrinciple, Smart Design, and ways that you can incorporate this green building concept into your home.
http://www.beYOU.tv/videos/Green-by-Design-BASF-Near-Zero-Home brings you Green by Design - BASF Near Zero Home.
http://www.solardave.com/index.php/porchfront-homes-green-construction-video/ SolarDave: Do you design your homes yourself or have a green architect? Mary Coonce: No, we actually have a women architect. She actually didn't start out designing the houses for solar. That wasn't the original intent. Porch front homes is our theme with traditional front porches. She designed one of the houses for one of our new home owners - we pride ourselves on here are our designs then people come in and we have a preconstruction meeting with them, and we customize - different thing for them, from the interior floor plans to additional decks. And one couple came to us, and they said, "Hey, we want solar and geothermal on our house. Would you guys be willing to customize that way?" So we said, "sure!" So are architect (Julie Zender from Jazz Architecture LLC) and went ahead and redesigned the roof and the roof line and we made some changes to the house. They did a lot of research themselves - solar system and geothermal system. That was our first solar house, and that is kind of usual to do that in a subdivision, especially with the geothermal. The solar at the time was kind of new in the subdivision - geothermal was brand new. So then we had a green event out here to show - hey we can do this in the subdivision and you don't have to be living out in the country off the grid to use solar and geothemal. We had quite a turn out for that. We decided to do was to offer solar on the rest of our homes. But the roof lines weren't running all the right way, so it was making it more difficult. I think there has been some newer strides made in technology now put half our panels on the south and half on east to still make it very efficent. That helped us with some of the homes and Julie (no last name) redesigned some of the existing elevations so the roof would accommodate the solar completely on the south side.
The Douglas-Madison Family introduce themselves and take you for a tour of the new green home they are currently building in Downtown Mountain View. Files and Shannon are both Google employees, their home was designed by Vox Design Group and built by Form+Function Construction.
In this video, New York residential renovation specialist Marc Schlesser explains the various ways of bringing green design & sustainable design principles in New York residential renovations. Marc's suggestions are based on appropriate green strategies with resource efficiency, energy efficiency & healthy environments. Many homeowners who undertake green home-improvement projects aim to improve energy efficiency. Others are looking to improve indoor air quality by ditching products like formaldehyde-treated wood and standard paints, which can release toxic vapors. Still others hope to preserve natural resources by selecting products whose creation doesn't harm the environment, such as flooring made of bamboo rather than wood from clear-cut forests. Green renovation projects are marginally more expensive than traditional remodeling jobs, but the green premium has declined sharply in recent years thanks to the increasing availability of materials. In addition, green homes may command higher resale and rental values than comparable standard homes. In short, all homeowners also can benefit from going green, saving money even as they do their bit to save the planet, as Marc says: "going green, one room at a time". Marc Schlesser, Studio Schlesser Inc.
In this video, New York residential renovation specialist Marc Schlesser explains the various ways of bringing green design & sustainable design principles in New York residential renovations. Marc's suggestions are based on appropriate green strategies with resource efficiency, energy efficiency & healthy environments. Many homeowners who undertake green home-improvement projects aim to improve energy efficiency. Others are looking to improve indoor air quality by ditching products like formaldehyde-treated wood and standard paints, which can release toxic vapors. Still others hope to preserve natural resources by selecting products whose creation doesn't harm the environment, such as flooring made of bamboo rather than wood from clear-cut forests. Green renovation projects are marginally more expensive than traditional remodeling jobs, but the green premium has declined sharply in recent years thanks to the increasing availability of materials. In addition, green homes may command higher resale and rental values than comparable standard homes. In short, all homeowners also can benefit from going green, saving money even as they do their bit to save the planet, as Marc says: "going green, one room at a time". Marc Schlesser, Studio Schlesser Inc.
GO GREEN DESIGNING YOUR HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS! Frank Fontana, Nationally Recognized Designer and Host of HGTV's "Design on a Dime" Provides Eco-Friendly and Money Saving Tips The holidays are upon us, and after consecutive late nights of using outdoor Christmas lights, tree lights, wrapping paper and candles, it's no surprise that a lot of energy and resources are consumed during the season. However, there are ways that you can set the mood for the holiday season without having to sacrifice your electricity bill and the environment. Frank Fontana, host of HGTV's hit show "Design on a Dime" is available to show you how you can design your home for the holidays, while "going green" in the process. From how to save energy while creating the perfect lighting design, to simple, yet eco-friendly decorations and accessories, he will demonstrate the perfect way to set the mood for the holidays and save money, energy and the planet in the process. For more information, please visit www.savegreen.philips.com
Excerpt
...long ago to create design-oriented doors with eco-friendly construction. It's exciting to see so many builders and homeowners joining the Green revolution and realizing the critical role that doors play in renewable, sustainable development." Susan...
Source Info
Emediawire.com
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb710893.htm
In this installment of House and Garden's "Green & Gorgeous" series, Jacob Gordon of TreeHugger.com interviews architect Gregory Kiss about greening your home and the art of residential architecture.
This is my 4th Sims 2 house. This house has many cool features, such as: 3 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms, 1 Pool, 1 Large Two-Car Garage Detached From The House, White-Brick Fencing Around The Yard, and 1 Small Gym Connected To The Garage. This house totaled over 100,000 Simoleons. If you like the house, wait a little longer. It isn't up for downloads yet. This house was inspired by: Thethirdm
You are witnessing the complete construction of the "World's First" Interlocking Construction System (ICS) structure. Our patented innovative construction technology requires no fasteners to build on site. The panels are fully fabricated and finished (painted,w/roofing etc.) with electrical and plumbing stubbed in before reaching the construction site. The result is an "instant" house which can be assembled in a matter of days, depending on the work crew and conditions. The particular ICS Model Home shown in this clip was completely assembled by myself and four children, within four weeks. NOTE: The ICS has successfully completed phase one (which was funded by two USDA SBIR grants) of its three phase growth plan, which involved the Research and Development and structural testing of the ICS performed at Oregon State University, in Corvallis Oregon. The tests results prove that the ICS structures are significantly stronger than conventionally built homes. With the development of a full scale production facility, the ICS will be able to provide more affordable, stronger, longer lasting structures to better shelter mankind. We are in need of motivated partners and/or investors to launch this new building technology into commercialization for all to fully benefit from its enormous potential. You can contact me through my YouTube page, or you can visit my website at ICSstructures.com for more information.
http://www.SusanBerryDesign.com Susan Berry, ASID does it again! Kitchens include Street of Dreams 2006 Bella Colina www.rlvogelhomes.com Kohler, Fischer Paikel, Viking, Sub Zero, Wolfe, Whirlpool and other top line appliances are features. Homes in Bellaria & Celebration, Florida. The Courtyard Kitchen shown, reflects warm natural finishes create the timeless feel of this Spanish Colonial Kitchen at Bella Collina. The custom designed faux stone hood set into an arched alcove, was enhanced with hand finished pewter accents. The glazed crackled ceramic tile brick back splash with accents of rojo tumbled stone blends the warm red tones of both the natural granite and the terra cotta clay floors. A wrought iron electric candle chandelier with pot hooks hangs over the corner chopping block. A very elegant Chefs kitchen shown, features a walnut chopping block as the center island with a custom designed wrought iron pot rack. Both reflect the quatrefoil shape of the pecky cypress ceiling. The centerpiece of this kitchen is the custom designed 12' wide stone hood with carved Classical Portobello molding. This hood is part of the Excalibur Stone Susan Berry Collection. The fresh colors of the Provincial finish custom cabinets, Rain forest green mosaic marble back splash and exotic Tasmanian Green marble countertops are reminiscent of the colors of fresh herbs. Susan P. Berry, President of Classical Home Design, Inc., is known for our innovative kitchen designs. Layout, finishes, appliances, plumbing fixtures, wall details, trim, lighting, stone work and tile are all selected to create one-of-a-kind kitchens. Long Live the Kitchen!
Excerpt
... If you thought green home design was big in 2007, wait until you see 2008. And say hello to warmer colors, goodbye to too-cool-for-school minimalism. Sure, everybody seems to be talking about eco-friendly furniture and finishes. But IKEA design team spokeswoman...
Source Info
Dexigner Design Portal
http://www.dexigner.com/architecture/news-g13011.html
Excerpt
...practices provide many options for environmentally-friendly elements that can be incorporated into a home. "The HGTV Green Home is designed to demonstrate that you don't have to be extreme to be green," said Thomasson. "Through thoughtful design and selection...
Source Info
Environmental News Network
http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/28039
Excerpt
...lighting, or a design element such as flooring or countertops, a green home will appear just as sophisticated and stylish as a home designed with non-sustainable, environmentally harmful products. How can any responsible studio elect NOT to integrate green...
Source Info
Designophy
http://www.designophy.com/article.php?id=1375
Meet a couple who built their green home from the ground up. www.danze-davis.com
Meet a couple who built their green home from the ground up. www.danze-davis.com
DVD available on www.greenplanetfilms.org. The most comprehensive video ever made on the design and construction of a green home. This how-to DVD will show you how to use straw bale walls for insulation, interior adobe walls for thermal mass, earth plasters, 100% electrical generation by sunlight, and passive solar heating and cooling. This video could save you thousands of dollars in design and construction costs.
Part 4 of 5. Learn about green building materials that help make home smore energy-efficient, and make building easier. http://www.GreenBuildingSolutions.org
Part 2 of 5. Learn about green building materials to help make your home more energy-efficient and building easier. http://www.greenbuildingsolutions.org/
Challenge Yourself: Try to tell the difference between incandescent and compact fluorescent lighting. This and more at the Vancouver Home and Interior Design Show.
Tell others to see this video http://www.naturallifenetwork.com/video/ for more information or to buy the full length DVD. John Wilson walks you through the ten year journey that his family undertook to build a natural home. Natural Living documents what real people are doing to stop the destruction of the natural world. There are so many things that can be done today. Learn from the experts about new and old ways to make our homes healthier using natural materials like straw bales. Find out how home design can minimize the need to use fossil fuels for heating and cooling. Capture renewable energy from the sun and wind. Transform the power of sunlight and the wind into electricity. Convert renewable energy into electricity that can even run your electricity meter backwards. Reduce your need for heating energy by using smart windows and passive solar design. Reduce your energy needs by choosing efficient appliances and lighting.
In the second episode of DRTV, we take a look at Larkspur, home of Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage members Tony and Alyssa. In their tour, the duo includes information and tips about their natural home design and building process. Larkspur features local and sustainable building materials, including reclaimed lumber, light clay straw insulation, and earthen plaster, and its power is provided by renewable energy, including solar panels and a wind tower. http://drtv.dancingrabbit.org
EnviroMission, Ltd. (US Market: EVOMY, Australian Exchange: EVM) is a renewable energy developer of sustainable "green" energy solutions for the energy market. EnviroMission aims to be one of Australia's leading producers of clean renewable energy. EnviroMission holds the proprietary rights to Solar Tower technology, a large-scale renewable energy technology based on simple fundamentals of physics -- hot air rises. Solar Tower technology has the potential to offer competitive renewable energy with equal reliability to fossil fuel generators. A single 200MW Solar Tower power station will provide enough electricity to power around 400,000 households. The energy output will represent an annual saving of more than 1,960,000 tonnes of greenhouse CO2 gases from entering the environment when compared to brown coal emissions in Victoria. The greenhouse savings equate to the removal of approximately 500,000 cars from the road. The Australian Solar Tower project consists of six distinct phases, the first two of which (project optimization and pre-feasibility commercialization) have already been completed. The third phase (final feasibility), paving the way for the implementation of the next three phases (final design, construction, and commercial operation).
Tour a Green Home Design in Scottsdale and a Historic Renovation in Central Phoenix, for Desert Living magazine, http://www.desertlivingmag.com
Interaction Design Institute Ivrea took part in the Domus magazine event during the Milan Furniture Fair in Europe's most important football stadium. On the 14 April, from 6 pm onwards, the Meazza stadium filled with installations, projections, musicians and artists,featuring events on all time scales, from very short to very long and cyclical. Among the artists there were Matthew Barney, Arto Lindsay, Zaha Hadid and Ettore Sottsass. Interaction Design Institute Ivrea presented 'The Green House Effect', an exhibition in the entrance of the stadium displaying second year students' thesis as a work in progress. The institute also presented three interactive inflatable structures, one with information about the institute, a second one on the 'Instant Soup' project and a third one displaying a collaboration with the industrial design department of London's Central Saint Martins. An exciting night that turned the stadium into a huge arena of spectacle. - - - - - - - Project Credits Tal Drori, Ailadi Cortelletti, Matteo Pastore, Studio Ape Video Credits Direction: Simone Muscolino Editing and Soundtrack: Haraldur Unnarsson Photography: Maurizio Bonino
Take a look inside at this certified-Green house - from passive solar, to sustainable wood floor, it's an energy and resource saver. For more sports, news & music, tune in to Park City Television LIVE ONLINE at www.parkcity.tv.
Update Sources