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Electricity costs are constantly increasing. This article explains 10 top tips that are cost effective and practical.

Solar hot water heating uses the sun to heat hot water. We explain what the hot water heating options are, their advantages and costs.

We look at whether using a wood fire to heat your home is being really green or not.

Windows, doors and other openings account for up to 40% of a buildings energy consumption in heating and cooling. This article explains what you can do to save money and be green.

if your roof or ceiling is not insulated, do you know most of your heating (and cooling) costs are literally going through the roof? Read this article to learn more..

Passive solar building design is explained and how passive solar principals are used to design green homes and buildings, and save you money.

How to keep cool or warm in your home by design, either in Summer or Winter, whilst reducing costs to you and the Earth..

Being a steward of the environment means evaluating how many resources you and your family consume and consistently looking for ways to reduce your carbon footprint...

Your entire home could be powered, heated, and cooled with one system in the near future - thanks to scientists at the University of Newcastle and Infratech Industries...

Emails and Instagram photos don't come without a carbon footprint: they're stored in data centers which continually battle excess heat and suck up electricity to cool servers...

If you thought only the future held a sleek tabletop able to cook, warm, and chill your food, well, welcome to the future. Kram/Weisshaar's Smartslab table features ceramic panels with integrated heating and cooling elements...

If you thought only the future held a sleek tabletop able to cook, warm, and chill your food with the touch of your finger, well, welcome to the future...

  The very root of what makes a home green is how effectively it responds to its surrounding environment. You could say that this has defined the primary material pursuit of mankind for all time – building better shelters...

If you live in Germany, a new company can now offer you free heating and water if you get one of their data centers installed in your office. It's so simple, it's genius. The company, Cloud&Heat, places servers in premises...

Guests of the resort have the option of enjoying a full sustainability tour of the facilities, including the pig poop feces bio-gas-powered kitchen. The hotel recycles more than 80 percent of the waste generated in the...

According to the EPA, more than 12 million American households heat their homes with wood stoves, yet 75% of those stoves are dirty and inefficient. For those with outdated wood stoves, transitioning to a new EPA-certified...

Hawaii is paradise, but building a home there takes an experienced hand and a strong working knowledge of its unique climate and geology. Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the 4,000 sq. foot Hi’ilani EcoHouse gets a lot of...

Does insulation excite you? No? Well how about a house with zero heating bill? If you've been reading Inhabitat for a while there's a good chance you know what a passive house is...

This is a guest post by Kris De Decker, founder and writer at Low-tech Magazine, an internet publication highlighting the need for elegant yet simple sustainable energy technologies Architects all over the world have demonstrated...

“A veritable dusting” as Time says of Friday’s snow in San Francisco (“the first snow in 35 years“), but that was at 900 feet (in the Twin Peaks neighborhood)...

Looking at the incredible examples of green architecture featured on Inhabitat, you may have wondered what kind of mechanical equipment is used for these homes...

Who says that a home with cutting-edge energy efficiency has to look like an ultra-modern pod? This recently completed Wisconsin home packs so much energy tech that it makes money by selling electricity back to the grid,...

Helps you work out the running cost of electric based underfloor heating taking into account peak and off-peak electricity prices