Architecture
Middlebury College; U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Competition
This summer the Middlebury Solar Decathlon team is building a 100% solar-powered home to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011. The biennial green-building competition draws 20 collegiate teams from all over the country and... Read More
Project Home 2011 scientific research
The scientific research project, Project Home 2011, which was an investor funded research project from 1979 to January 1, 2011, has devised a new technology using electromagnetic forces on the quantum level to motivate a vehicle, including the... Read More
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
On the rooftop garden of Toronto's Evergreen Brickworks, Steven Peck, President and Founder of environmental not-for-profit Green Roofs for Healthy Cities explains the benefits of rooftop urban agriculture.
An online training course on the history... Read More
Planet Forward
Can your community turn tragedy into opportunity? Bill Worthen, American Institute of Architects' National Director and Resource Architect for Sustainability, sits down with us to talk about LEED certification and how disaster can provide... Read More
Planet Forward
Ecovative Design is developing packaging material that is affordable and biodegradable. The secret: fungi and agricultural waste. In this month's Nightly Business Report segment we visit Ecovative's lab and get up close and personal with the new... Read More
Planet Forward
Social networks have the power to link cultures across continents. See how energy demand response companies, such as Enernoc, wired their networks to fend off this summer's heat waves, which scorched communities from New York to Texas.WATCH!
The George Washington University
In the wake of the Joplin, Missouri tornado, Greensburg provides hope for rebuilding not just successfully, but sustainably. Greensburg's takeaway message: "When you loose everything you have, your quality of life doesn't change if your priorities... Read More
Planet Forward
In this week's webisode, we bring you an idea from the National Science Foundation about the benefits of green roofs. Also hear from a Planet Forward member who shows us her small business of painting roofs white for an environmental benefit.
Sustainable City Project
With the present major challenges to energy management (climate change + danger inherent to nuclear plants + instability in the oil producing middle-east + the Gulf oil spill, etc..etc....) it is essential to develop sustainable neighborhoods which... Read More
Ole Miss
This is a short clip on passive solar design and what it consist of. It contains interviews with Brent Swain, a passive solar designer from Oxford, MS. And it contains information on how to build a home in a passive solar way.