Airtight and super-insulated, a passive house uses around 90% less energy. When the Canadian engineer Harold Orr and his colleagues began designing an ultra-efficient home in Saskatchewan in the late ...

Beazer Homes is now building homes certified by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Zero Energy Ready Home program. Each of the Dallas division's actively selling single-family home communities ...

Henderson, Nev. — The New American Home 2025 has an interior courtyard, elevator, floating stairs, and an underground wine cellar with an acrylic ceiling and cork parlor within its 9,047 square feet.

Homebuilders get into the business from many routes, from framing to banking to growing up as the child of a builder. Add to that mix Packy Hyland, the serial entrepreneur best known as the founder ...

The sun shines brightly on the Las Vegas Valley about 300 days every year. Some luxury homeowners in this region have employed photovoltaic solar panels, integrated battery energy storage systems and ...

Concern for the environment is growing among U.S. households, and so are energy costs. In response, more home builders and remodelers are adopting green building practices to reduce utility bills and ...

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Termites can be terrifying, but they can also be teachers. Architects say the tiny creatures, while destructive to human homes, are very efficient when it comes to building their own habitats. One ...

In the heart of the city, sustainable technology is making waves. Seattle’s vibrant community of floating homes is establishing itself as a hub for advanced green building. While some homes charm with ...