The District of Columbia had the most LEED-certified square footage per capita in 2011.

In response to the rapidly expanding green home building market, the USGBC teams up with Home Depot to launch a database of LEED-qualifying products ranging fro

The new certificate is offered by the U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools.

The U.S. Green Building Council announces that a not-too-shabby 20,000 residential building projects have been bestowed with LEED for Homes certification and t

Bryan Cranston — the actor behind "Breaking Bad," television's favorite chemistry teacher-turned-meth manufacturer — appears at Dwell on Design to discuss

Study reveals that green certified homes are valued 9% higher than comparable properties.

The Hawks and Philips Arena have purchased enough clean energy to power the facility for the 2012-2013 basketball season.

After the nation's largest deep energy retrofit, the Castle Square Apartments in Boston's South End achieves LEED Platinum status.

This California hotel that our food blogger stayed goes beyond LEED certification in its sustainability initiatives.

Paul Williams' landmark 28th Street YMCA in South L.A. emerges from a LEED Gold restoration project, historically significant identity still intact.

Using public data from the U.S. government, a software engineer has made a stunning map of every river in the Lower 48 states.

Japanese scientists have discovered that some apples have changed in flavor and firmness over the past few decades. Science says climate change may be to blame.

Extreme weather journalists are not the calm we need during a hurricane or storm.

Touching a giant hogweed can cause burns and even blindness.

A drone has found a vast catshark nursery on the seafloor west of Ireland, say scientists with the SeaRover survey.

This middle-of-nowhere cave may have never been seen by humans.

The extremely rare South Pacific island is one of three new islands to form in the last 150 years.

New plastic PDK can be broken down at a molecular level and come back just as strong to be reused again and again.

​Nearly 10 percent of rocky surfaces on the island paradise of Madeira are covered in 'plasticrust.'

The oil bubble bursts as Brazil and Hawaii say "yes we cane" to ethanol. Also: saving elephants by buying ivory, saving trees by using paper, and saving endange

The latest assault on ethanol subsidies comes from one of the nation's leading newspapers.

Actress will front marketing campaign targeted at getting more involved in turning off the lights on March 26th.

Supermodel once again named Global Earth Hour Ambassador in preparation for the lights-out moment on March 31.

Private brokerage service Ecostreamjet purchases carbon credits to offset emissions generated by each flight.

Travel company cancels offset program citing its inability to reduce global emissions.

Honor your favorite boss on this holiday, which falls on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010.

Morieka Johnson can help you maximize those trips to school, tae kwon do, gymnastics, soccer ...

Avis acquires zipcar, but what does it really mean?

Which form of travel gives off the fewest emissions? Let's just say it pays to carpool.

Helsinki is experimenting with a plan to match people with rides, making cars unnecessary.

What is Uber anyway? Is it a taxi service or as it claims, a technology platform, or something else altogether?

The key question isn't why Tesla stock dipped below $200, but why GM and Ford are at $30 and $14.

Even under poor conditions, Venturi's 240 mph shakes things up at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

EV prices are falling, range is rising, and there's free fuel to sweeten the pot.

Effects include people traveling more, in bigger cars (EV sales are flat), and a dip in public transit.

The Detroit and New York auto shows may have the new car introductions, but Washington has the politicians.

Science Guy Bill Nye wants battery-powered stock car racers. But fans go for the noise.

Electric cars are really shooting off into the stratosphere, and it’s all Elon Musk can do to keep up.

Reebook partners with architecture firm Gensler for 'Get Pumped,' a conceptual scheme in which health-conscious drivers rule the roads.

Video: At-risk young people get hands-on training and spread their new green skills throughout The Big Easy.

Escaped camel, cow and donkey in Kansas are 'halfway towards a live nativity.'

There are many different types of staircases that can make your home a more efficient, safer and even a more attractive place.

SwimCity is a housing concept for young Swedes who don't mind donning goggles or hopping in a canoe as part of their commute.

The Passive House Institute and the Passive House Institute US are making news this week as standards change and they diverge further.

With the Living Building Challenge now under its belt, the facility is being heralded as one of the greenest buildings in the world.

Beauty abounds in the weather-warped details of Dwell Development's latest net-zero residence.

In a once iffy stretch of East Oakland, Tassafaronga Village stands as a model of affordable green housing done right.

Co-owned by a quartet of couples, Llano Exit Strategy blends communal living and rural solitude.

It's a little bit Ewokian, a little bit New Urbanist and a whole lot intriguing.

University of Cincinnati students score big in the 2015 perFORM Building Design Competition.