Whenever someone asks me how much extra it costs to build an eco home, I usually pause before answering. Not because I’m avoiding the question, but because the honest answer is “it depends”. Eco homes ...

Nine years ago, plans for a garden village for West Oxfordshire were announced by the government. But if you visit the Salt Cross site, near Eynsham, hedgerows and fields still dominate the landscape ...

The role of the construction industry in combating climate change is a relatively new consideration, but one that is gaining prominence on sustainability agendas at a global scale. At the recent U.N.

A Houston startup is unveiling a new eco-friendly method of 3D printing homes with a collection of vacation rentals in Round Top that it says could provide a model for more sustainable, affordable ...

In Morocco, a startup is building affordable homes using a material that is ubiquitous: soil. Eco-dôme Maroc was founded in 2016. It applies local traditions to modern technology to construct ...

With natural disasters, an affordability crisis, and limited land on which to build, those in the construction and design industries are creating innovative green solutions to reshape the way we build ...

In our fast-paced, technology-driven world, the idea of building a green home using traditional techniques might sound like you’d be taking a step backward. However, it's important that we re-evaluate ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Christopher Maurer holds up a brick-like object and raps on it with his knuckles. The object sounds like a ceramic block, but it’s not made from clay or earth. Rather, it’s composed ...

Trellis House in Washington D.C. goes above and beyond to deliver on climate promises to residents of this new eco-friendly apartment building. What’s better than a new LEED Platinum mixed-income ...

SIDCO Homes built this eco-friendly and fire-resistant home in Palo Alto. Photo courtesy SIDCO Homes. Living in California, the possibility of catastrophic fire is never too far from many residents’ ...

Prince William's Duchy of Cornwall estate has invested £11million to build 30 affordable eco-homes on the Isles of Scilly, aiming to combat an ongoing housing crisis. Construction has already begun on ...