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Urban and modern LEED certified homes
When real estate space is tight, homes situated on a smaller footprint share green spaces with neighbors to create a vibrant community. -
Welcome to the annual Energy Olympics
Events like fuel-celled car races and a solar cook off provide a great way for future green homeowners, designers and builders to familiarize themselves with renewable energy practices. -
The ins and outs of solar energy
Presented by the Florida Energy Research Center, this video serves as an excellent tutorial about solar energy and how it works. -
A personal tour of the Margarido House
The Margarido House is located in the Oakland hills region of California, an area where 3,000 homes burned to the ground in the tragic 1991 Oakland fire storm. Builder Mike McDonald’s LEED … -
Tour the Lumenhaus, winner of the Europe Solar Decathlon
Designed according to the concept of responsive architecture, Lumenhaus responds to climate changes like weather and user requirements by utilizing an iPhone interface. The winning home was built on …
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Houston Green Building Resource Center
The Houston Green Building Resources Center hopes to show the general public how to learn about energy efficiency. -
A look at some LivingHomes/Ray Kappe designs
Steve Glenn, founder and CEO of Living Homes, utilizes architect Ray Kappe to reflect a warm modernism in its green homes for homeowners who care deeply about design principles and sustainability. -
The LEED green rating system
This video, hosted by Tom Doucette of Doucette Homes, covers the integral aspects of building a home to LEED standards. -
A tutorial on zero energy green homes
To be on the forefront of the important move to green homes that use little to no energy, it’s important to learn how to best design, build and operate zero energy homes, which greatly reduce …