Forum Sponsor Dubrow GreenBuilding completes The Hampton’s first LEED Platinum home. Working together with New World Home who designed and provided the home, Dubrow GreenBuilding managed all local site work and finishing details to complete the home. The entire build has been documented by Dubrow GreenBuilding in the “Project Journals / Blogs” section of our site. (Read More…)
August 9, 2010 1:32 pm
June 7, 2010 9:12 am
Forum sponsor Dubrow Enterprises tries out a new product – Heatlok a soy based spray foam insulation. Made with soy and recycled plastics (Read More….)
April 29, 2010 10:08 am
New home made out of shipping containers. Built at an extremely affordable price of $45 per square foot, and featuring rainwater harvesting, natural ventilation, dual flush toilets and more. (Read More….)
April 19, 2010 6:48 am
The East End GreenFest is a 2 day outdoor festival celebrating the latest green solutions in a fun and informative setting. Festivities include live music from local musicians, healthy and organic foods and wineries, unique performers, interactive green living displays, farmers market, kid’s activities, hands on green demonstrations, green building exhibits and shopping for natural and sustainable products. (Read More….)
April 10, 2010 7:42 am
“(from jetsongreen.com) Seems like the old incandescent business is on its last legs these days. I’m reading news from GE to mean that they’ve come up with an expensive silver bullet for screw-in home lighting. Due to hit shelves this fall or early 2011, the GE Energy Smart LED replaces 40-watt general service incandescent bulbs with nine watts of consumption, 450 lumens of light, and 25,000 hours of rated life.” (Read More…)
March 25, 2010 6:19 am
“NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — China overtook the United States in renewable energy investments for the first time ever in 2009, attracting nearly twice as many dollars and becoming the world’s largest market for clean energy projects.
Renewable energy investments in China – mostly wind farms – totaled $34.6 billion in 2009, according to report released Thursday by the Pew Charitable Trusts and Bloomberg New Energy Finance. In the United States, $18.6 billion was spent. (Read More…)
February 28, 2010 1:00 pm
Amazing new technology for clean energy. Watch the videos of the Bloom Box and learn more about this interesting idea…. (Read More…)
February 23, 2010 1:33 pm
(Fortune Magazine) — The Holy Grail of modern architecture is to design a zero-energy building, or ZEB.
ZEBs use solar, wind, and geothermal systems to produce at least as much energy as they tap from the grid. In some cases, a building’s owner can sell the excess electricity generated by the structure back to its utility, reducing overall demand for power generated by coal and other greenhouse-gas-emitting plants…. (Read More…)
February 11, 2010 3:39 pm
Great article on Indoor Air Quality written by forum sponsor Dubrow Enterprises: ## Dubrow Enterprises : Daily Updates ##
Health Benefits and Indoor Air Quality:
According to the U.S. Green Building Council, people spend up to 90% of their time indoors. Levels of indoor air pollutants can often be four to five times higher than outdoors. Not only are Green homes designed to lower their impact on the environment, but they (Read More…)
9:58 am
Great article on non-toxic paints today in The NY Times:
Finally, Good-Looking Non-Toxic Paint?
“I tested 10 brands of environmentally friendly indoor paints, which are very low in, or free of, volatile organic compounds, or V.O.C.’s — toxic chemicals like benzene and formaldehyde found in traditional paints, which can be released into the air for years after the paint has dried and have been linked to a number of health problems, including asthma and cancer. (Read More…)