Even diehard Instagrammers admit it: Sometimes the best design is in what you don’t see. Such is the case with passive solar design, an approach to building that—in a nutshell—uses a house’s site, ...

NEW LONDON -- What may be the best classroom ever built comes with a floor of stones, welded furniture and plenty of dirt. What the students of the New London-Spicer High School learn in their new, ...

Urbanstead is building a “passive solar greenhouse,&dquo; in Francisville, backed in part by a $5,000 grant from Whole Foods’ foundation. Urbanstead builds a passive solar greenhouse on its farm in ...

Wrapped in his coat, Matt Braverman stood beside the earthen bags, his tools slung across the earthen floor. The rotting husks of summer’s garden clung to the fence – sunflowers frozen in a winter ...

The need for sustainable and healthy living has never been more urgent than it is today. With the rising threat of climate change and the growing concern for public health, we need to consider how we ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The house is cool, but most homes are these days, in the sweltering summer heat. Here, though, it should be hot. Or at least, the air-conditioning should be ...

This autumn, the 120-year-old design school will be adding a comprehensive, highly interactive course to its already robust Sustainable Design Institute online offerings, focusing in on the core ...

SUSTAINABLE GROWTH: Megan Riley of M R Gardens stands in front of her 800-square-foot passive solar greenhouse in Oakley. Photo by Vickie Burick The paradox of commercial greenhouses has always ...

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"Sustainability first inspired me to go into the agricultural field more than 15 years ago," Riley said. "But greenhouses aren't always energy efficient. If not designed carefully, they can use a lot ...