Australia’s environment minister, Peter Garrett, celebrated World Environment Day by announcing three new initiatives to help householders fight climate change while keeping their wallets full. The initiatives include:

a new television labelling scheme to enable consumers to identify the most energy efficient sets at point of sale
a new guide to help householders and in particular renovators [...]

According to German Professor Wolfgang Feist’s theory of PassivHaus Britain will need to pay attention to three key rise in oil prices of more than £64 in the next two years.
The aim of the PassivHaus plan is to not only reduce each homes heat-waste and emissions but also to save its tenants money. By reducing [...]

There are many ways to be green these days. This site alone is proof enough of that

Half of our homes heating is lost through poor insulation. This means two things for the homeowner; firstly, they are throwing money out of the cracks in their walls and secondly, they are wasting an awful lot of heating which is making their homes energy guzzlers.
Insulation is quite a simple tactic in keeping your home [...]

The need to develop environmentally friendly housing has become ever more pressing in the past few years. Buildings consume 40% of the world’s total energy and 16% of the water supply. In order to reduce emissions, many people believe it is imperative to learn how to build houses that absorb energy, are durable, and provide [...]