INHABITAT NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS FOR 2008

Happy New Year from Inhabitat! Today marks the beginning of a new calendar year, and it's the perfect opportunity right now to look towards the coming year with new ideas, goals and resolutions. While

PREFAB FRIDAY: Michelle Kaufmann’s mkLoft design

It is no surprise that Inhabitat is a big fan of Michelle Kaufmann (MKD)'s eco-pre-fab designs. We previously featured her mkLotus design during its debut at West Coast Green in San Francisco this past

PREFAB FRIDAY: Zero-Energy MkLotus debuts!

No more renderings necessary, Michelle Kaufmann's gorgeous new eco-prefab home has just debuted and been installed on the grass in front of San Francisco City Hall. The lovely zero-energy prefab is open

GREETINGS FROM WEST COAST GREEN!

We're here in San Francisco for the opening day of West Coast Green, and the city and conference are abuzz with green excitement! We got a sneak peak of Michelle Kaufmann's mkLotus yesterday, which didn't

WEST COAST GREEN STARTS TOMORROW!

The biggest and baddest green residential conference in the country kicks off TOMORROW, and this year promises to be better than ever, running from Thursday September 20th to Saturday Saturday 22nd. From

WEST COAST GREEN STARTS THURSDAY!

The biggest and baddest green residential conference in the country kicks off THIS THURSDAY, and this year promises to be better than ever, running from Thursday September 20th to Saturday Saturday 22nd.

GREAT GREEN HOME: Björkbo Summer Cabin

About two hours outside Stockholm lies this little green cabin with all the eco-friendly charm you could ask for. Sisters Thérèse & Louise Kristiansson designed “Björkbo” as a

PREFAB FRIDAY: MkLotus at West Coast Green

Michelle Kauffman, prefab designer extraordinaire, is at it again. Her newest mkLotus design, a zero-energy prefab home with a long list of green features, will debut at next week's West Coast Green

PREFAB FRIDAY: MDesigns MCube

After receiving tons of great submissions for our Green Home Showcase call for entries, we're happy to bring you the first of our top 5 green design projects which we'll be highlighting during our

SEARCHING FOR GREEN HOMES AROUND THE WORLD!

ATTENTION GREEN DESIGNERS AND GREEN HOMEOWNERS! If you live in or have designed a clean green eco-machine, we want to hear from you! At the upcoming West Coast Green Show in San Francisco (Sept

MICHELLE KAUFMAN’S NEW PREFRAB: The MkLotus

Michelle Kauffman, prefab designer extraordinaire, is at it again. Her newest mkLotus design, a zero-energy prefab home with a long list of green features, will debut at next week's West Coast Green

GREEN DESIGN IN 2006

As the year end approaches and we count down to the new year, we want to take a moment to reflect on the year in design. 2006 has been a pivotal year for green design. With the success of Al Gore's An

INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Michelle Kaufmann

Our last Prefab Friday article featured Michelle Kaufmann's latest design, the mkSolaire. That same day, I had a chance to sit down with her at West Coast Green and ask her about her innovative green,

WEST COAST GREEN VIDEOCAST

For West Coast Green, Inhabitat partnered with Netscape to do some video documentation. Alongside Netscape anchor extraordinaire, Alexia Prichard, we shot a series of interviews, which we'll be posting

LORAX’S “GREENEST HOUSE IN SAN FRANCISCO”

I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues. -- Dr. Seuss, The

WEST COAST GREEN DAY 2

West Coast Green is abuzz again today. With eight different speaker tracks, it's impossible to see everything, but they're doing a great job of recording and documenting to keep everyone fully-informed.

PREFAB FRIDAY: MkSolaire

Michelle Kaufmann's prefab home designs have become a perpetual favorite at Inhabitat. Her latest, the mkSolaire, is no exception. Depending on where you live, there are a variety of alternatives for

INHABITAT’S AT WEST COAST GREEN!

It's day one of the huge West Coast Green expo and conference at San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. We'll be bringing you lots of coverage during and after the event, and most exciting of all -

SOLAR 2 ECO-CENTER IN NYC

It's no secret that buildings account for a tremendous amount of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming. Between the energy they consume during operations, and the resources and materials

WEST COAST GREEN

For those of you who are in the San Francisco area this week, we encourage you to join Inhabitat at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium where we will be making our way around West Coast Green, a huge 3-day

WEST COAST GREEN

This fall is packed with conferences about sustainability and green living - a testament to the movement's strength. If you're having trouble deciding which to attend, let us recommend West Coast