]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/sustainable-design Blog Articles Tagged with 'sustainable-design' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/150081?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design One way to live a little lighter on the earth is to set up residence in an eco-friendly condominium. There, you'll enjoy a maintenance-free lifestyle in a building that used less resources to build than it would have taken to construct single family... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/150081?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:46:47 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/149372?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Building industry professionals will have the opportunity to participate in dozens of workshops focused on sustainable design at this year's Build Boston Tradeshow and Convention. Attendees can also earn continuing-education credits and AIA LUs; tou... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/149372?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:01:22 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/149251?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design The LEED-certified Oregon Health & Science University's Center for Health & HealingJames Scott Brew, a principal architect with the Rocky Mountain Institute, the seminal green think and do tank, knows a thing or two about sustainable design. He's b... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/149251?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:30:25 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/148622?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design If you're as interested in seeing our schools cutting energy costs and their total carbon footprint as Sen. Clinton and the United States Green Building Council are then there's no doubt you'll want to get involved with their upcoming series of webin... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/148622?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:18:17 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/147255?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design For a growing number of people, sustainable living means endeavoring as ecopreneurs for organizations with missions they believe in while working in a green office space that incorporates green or sustainable design. Typically, green design ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/147255?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:29:59 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/146314?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Photo courtesy of Sustainable Design UpdateThe United States' first Environmental Product Declaration System will be unveiled this November at the Greenbuild Conference in Boston. The EPD is the brainchild of The Green Standard, a non-profit organiza... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/146314?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/145265?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design One of the largest urban redevelopment projects in the country, Portland's South Waterfront ( SoWa ) has been certified as salmon-safe by a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring watersheds so that salmon can spawn and thrive. According ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/145265?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:54:43 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/145692?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design One of the largest urban redevelopment projects in the country, Portland's South Waterfront ( SoWa ) has been certified as salmon-safe by a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring watersheds so that salmon can spawn and thrive. According ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/145692?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:54:43 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/144898?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Image courtesy of Paul Villecourt - http://paul.villecourt.com/photosLast week I reported direct from Schumacher College in Devon, where I was attending a course entitled Biomimicry: New Directions in Sustainable Design. The first part of the program... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/144898?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:30:39 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-graffiti/144749?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Jill Fehrenbacher, founder of leading green design blog Inhabitat and Inhabitos, has announced the launch of Inhabitat eco tees for kiddies and all-in-ones for babies. Both the t-shirts and onesies are made from 100% organic cotton, printed by hand w... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-graffiti/144749?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:57:13 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/144606?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design The mystical red rock area of Sedona, Arizona is calling all who are interesting in solar energy and green building. The Living with the Sun Sedona & Verde Valley Style' leg of the American Solar Energy Society's national tour will take place... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/144606?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:53:54 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/144365?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design The 9th ward in New Orleans has become a crazy quilt of architectural styles since the post-Katrina rebuild. In the overgrown fields of the neighborhood, traditionally built homes sit next to the elevated solar powerhouses of the Make It Right Foun... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/144365?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:00:30 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/144336?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Norwegian designer Elisabeth Nossen based her Topi Footstool upon a Salvation Army thrift shop purchase. Nossen's stool is a 50's style reclaimed from a thrift store and redecorated by the designer with wool roses. Nossen is considered one of Norwa... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/144336?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:30:19 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/143415?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Note: We strongly encourage reader reports from the field. This is John Manoochehri's take on the recent DesignBoost conference. In the interests of full disclosure, we should mention that Alex Steffen was initially a scheduled speaker, but had to bo... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/143415?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:55:42 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/143070?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design This week I am reporting daily from Schumacher College in south west England. Here, I am taking part in a course called Biomimicry: New Directions in Sustainable Design lead by the architect Michael Pawlyn, he of the incredible Sahara Forest Project.... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/143070?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:41:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/142914?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design By WorldChanging Canada writer Madeline Ashby.Via PhysOrg, we learn of Philips' new Light Blossom, a green-savvy streetlight that will promises to reduce light pollution while gathering energy from the sun and wind. The flower-shaped lights will no... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/142914?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:00:17 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/142840?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Building Better Energy Systems: Sustainable Engineering This piece is part of a series on how universities and colleges around the world are integrating theories of sustainability into traditional majors to give students the skills they need to build... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/142840?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:50:12 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/142841?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Brilliant solutions are more than just answers to problems. They are catalysts of hope, beacons for those who believe in a better world. Shining brightly, the best solutions beckon thousands to take notice, to recognize the call to action and to make... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/142841?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:58:47 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/142637?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design It's been a slow process to select the innovations we'll use to beat a path to a bright green future (both because the issues are extremely complex and there are enormous fortunes at stake, and because the delay itself serves the interest of some ext... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/142637?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:43:11 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-graffiti/142260?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Image: Magnetic Air Cars, Inc.With fuel prices rising and supplies dwindling, more and more inventors are turning their creativity towards cars that work without the need for barrels of gasoline. True, there have been a number of vehicles released th... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-graffiti/142260?rsstype=tag&tag=sustainable-design Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:17:31 -0400