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.

Learn to build your own cabin cheaply and sustainably and learn about the green building benefits of sustainable, green-living homes. In 2013, I was living in a large city, but I felt it was time to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Built with raw concrete and wood, the Casa Eco house integrates nature into its architecture and lets the terrain define its ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...