The NGBS Green Certification provides home builders with a national standard to define and measure sustainable multifamily and single-family homes, developments and remodeling projects.

The recession apparently hit those builders experienced in green construction with less severity than other home builders according to a new study on energy-efficient and green home building which ...

Orlando, Fla.–Emphasizing green building’s marketability and upbeat consumer message, the National Association of Home Builders announced its National Green Building Program on Thursday, which had ...

Friday marks 35 years since the first Earth Day. Have America's homes turned "green" yet? Not quite. But the outlook for what is called "green building" -- that is, designing homes or other structures ...

There are a lot of gray areas when it comes to going green. Installing solar panels and harnessing wind power may be ideal but not always realistic. Many green-living wannabes run into a daunting ...

When Del Holland's children moved out and he retired from teaching, he decided it was time to downsize. He wanted to live in the most environmentally-friendly, energy efficient house he could. 'I just ...

EVERETT – An environmental group and members of an Canadian Indian tribe who were furious with clear-cutting on their ancestral lands donned cardboard antlers as “homeless caribou” outside a green ...

On a frigid morning in early February, about 30 building-industry executives gathered in the conference room of Bovis Lend Lease, on the ninth floor of the MetLife building. It was by all appearances ...