The DOE-sponsored competition, which challenges college teams to design, build, and operate a solar-powered house, promotes the present and future possibilities of green building to students, consumers, and professionals alike.
Self-taught, self-made, and a leader in the green remodeling and universal design communities, Iris Harrell has built a remodeling company whose innovation will outlast her tenure at its helm.
This award winner shows that green building principles can be successfully incorporated into a traditional-style home.
A 1920s row house is transformed into a contemporary, energy- and resource-efficient building.
Between the home energy tax credits and the ongoing energy bill debate, there may be no better time for remodelers to consider offering energy audits.
Growing numbers of full-service remodelers are embracing the homeowner tax credits for energy-efficient work as possible segues to larger remodeling jobs. Energy audits often play a key role.
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A statistical glimpse at incentives for investing in energy-efficient home improvements.
Most remodelers identify their companies as 'moderately green.' Find out more about what that means.
Michigan remodeler steers trade contractors toward green building methods without ever uttering the dreaded "G word."
Remodelers have long lamented the gutting of skilled-trade education in the U.S. Economic realities may bring it back.