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Achieve a net-zero lifestyle with the help of Joro app

If you’re environmentally-conscious, yet overwhelmed. If you want to make a difference, but feel helpless. Or...

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March Madness creates a maddening carbon footprint

Spring is a time of activity and industry, both in nature and the sports world. While the opening days of spring...

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Building Transparency brings carbon-cutting tools to construction

The conversation in environmental circles continuously loops back to the construction industry, with widely accepted...

A black outdoor table with plates and plants on top of it.

This outdoor furniture line uses upcycled rice hulls that outperform wood

Michigan-based furniture manufacturing company Grand Rapids Chair Company has unveiled a sustainable addition to...

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BrightAction is a fun, interactive way to minimize your carbon footprint

News and promotions around the topics of sustainability, energy consumption, waste, water shortages, plastic and...

3D-printed dome pavilion

These custom, igloo-shaped workspaces are 3D-printed with recycled PET

ArchiTech Company in the Netherlands has designed a 3D-printed, modular pavilion using waste from the local port...

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This BREEAM office is a reconstructable wooden “cathedral” to nature

Last year, Triodos Bank welcomed its newest office, a green-roofed circular building that raises the bar for sustainable...

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Brooklyn Home Company designs passive townhouse with raw wood elements

New York-based collective The Brooklyn Home Company has designed a passive townhouse in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood...

A home with a black brick facade and light-colored wood door.

An Upstate New York studio heated and cooled without fossil fuels

With retirement and grandchildren on the horizon, a Manhattanite couple reached out to GRT Architects to...

A pond in front of a courtyard where people mill around in front of a large building with curved rooftops.

ZHA designs sustainable expansion to China's largest international exhibition center

Beijing's New China International Exhibition Center — the largest international exhibition center in China —...

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Minimalist, low-carbon home features local wood and recycled concrete

Rural inspiration meets modern minimalism in Zürich-based Gus Wüstemann Architects' recently completed Pavilion...

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Design unveiled for a sustainable wooden tower in Switzerland

Architecture firms 3XN and IttenBrechbühl have won an international competition with their...

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Foster + Partners designs climate-responsive Lusail Towers in Qatar

Foster + Partners has revealed designs for Lusail Towers, a sustainable landmark project in Qatar that targets...

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Luxe, solar-powered home boasts a “green soul” in Brazil

Brazilian architecture firm Studio CK Arquitetura has recently completed the Casa Doce Vida, a custom luxury home...

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Vincent Callebaut proposes a green, food-producing footbridge for Paris

Vincent Callebaut Architectures has unveiled fantastical designs for the Green Line, a futuristic “inhabited...

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