People
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08-14-2012
Bill Walsh envisions a healthier and more transparent tomorrow.
ECOHOME
People
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10-01-2012
Bruce King, founder of Ecological Building Network, says builders need to look beyond Portland cement and toward alternative materials like straw, hemp, and barbed wire.
ECOHOME
Profound changes are coming to the way the building industry discusses and specifies products, and communication and transparency are key drivers.
ECOHOME
Tom Lent, Vision 2020 chair and policy director of the Healthy Building Network, helped to spark a growing interest in materials and health.
ECOHOME
Article
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12-13-2012
Industry groups foresee problems with the proposed changes to LEED. We look at some of the concerns with LEED v4.
eco-structure
The system from the International Living Future Institute aims to help building pros identify ecologically sound materials.
ECOHOME
NanoSonic's Hybridsil is made without a toxic component found in many plastics.
BUILDER
Article
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01-18-2013
Mycelium insulation and bioplastics will hit the commercial market soon thanks to a few companies that are developing the next generation of materials from agricultural waste and invasive plants. Three designers weigh in on the uses of their unconventional products.
ARCHITECT
Blaine Brownell gets his students to dream up new, hypothetical ecolabels that could be used to rate the environmental quality of building products.
ARCHITECT
Article
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10-01-2012
The Space Age technology is poised to alter the insulation and thermal energy storage industries to significantly reduce building energy demand.
ECOHOME