HomeAway’s LEED Gold Headquarters in Austin Makes Work Feel Like a Vacation

Study Suggests Wind Farms are Warming Local Climates

Are wind farms contributing to global warming? The answer is no – but they could cause the temperature to rise in localized areas on a really hot day or night. Researchers suggested in the journal

EPA Aims To Improve Air Quality in National Parks

Last week, the federal government took a big step towards cleaning up the air in our national parks when a U.S. District Court in Washington, DC approved an agreement between the EPA and conservation

Buffalo Bayou’s Subterranean Cistern Could Become an Underground Performance Venue

Memory Cloud is an Ethereal Animated LED Installation at Texas A&M

Kanga Room Systems Offers Tiny, Portable Eco-Friendly Kit Buildings

Rick Perry Slams UK Program to Educate Texas Climate Skeptics

Texas Governor Rick Perry has attacked the United Kingdom’s Foreign Office for its contribution to an initiative that tried to “educate” Texas politicians on climate change. Two state senators from

Texas Wins Another Round in Legal Battle With EPA

On Tuesday a federal appeals court in Texas ruled against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and scolded the agency for rejecting state pollution controls. Federal regulators had claimed that

Tiny Texas Houses Are Colorful Abodes Made from Reclaimed Materials

Ma Modular’s Blanco River House is a Modern Green Prefab Near Austin, TX

Solar-Powered SPACE Shipping Container Office Produces Twice as Much Energy as it Consumes

Georgetown Station is a Model for Low-Impact Mass Transit Outside Austin, Texas

Tarrant County College Opens New Sustainable Urban Campus in Fort Worth, TX

Apogee Stadium: US’ First LEED Platinum Stadium Uses Wind Turbines to Power its Games

Pvilion Unveils an All New Kind of Battery Powered Car Charging Station in Texas

Pvilion has been very busy lately developing flexible energy-harnessing materials for a number of uses including solar powered pavilions and architectural applications. Their latest innovation is a

Cascading Creek House Harvests Rainwater and Solar Energy in Central Texas

The Cascading Creek House by Bercy Chen Studio was conceived less as a house and more as an outgrowth of the limestone aquifers in the geography of Central Texas. The roof is configured so as to create a

Fleck Hall: Andersson-Wise Architects Revamps an Old Science Building Instead of Tearing It Down

Herb Williams’ Flaming Sculptures Made From Thousands of Crayons Increase Wildfire Awareness

36 Megawatt Energy Storage System to be Built at Notrees Wind Farm

The world’s largest wind energy storage system is set to be built in oil country, deep in the heart of Texas. North Carolina-based company Duke Energy has hired Xtreme Power to build a giant storage

PeopleFund’s Austin Headquarters Serves the Community and the Environment

Sushi Box: A Fishy Shipping Container Food Cart Opens in Austin

Lance Armstrong Livestrong Foundation Finds A Home In An Old Paper Warehouse

Bercy Chen’s East Village is a Bright Orange Mixed Use Development in Austin

Houston to Get First Privately-Funded EV Charging Network in US

Chalk this up to things we never thought we’d see: Houston, that bastion of the oil industry, is getting the first privately-funded electric vehicle charging network in the U.S. The $10 million

2 Nest Village is a Cluster of Shaded Prefab Homes for El Paso

Zero Energy Casita in Texas Opens to the Public Today!

Green building is making big strides in Texas as evidenced by this cute little zero-energy home in Fort Worth, which opens for public tours today. The Zero Energy Casita, erected by the award winning

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