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Garbage doesn't need to simply be garbage; it can be used to build new things. At least, that's what Frank Alsema has done. Profiled by Gizmodo, Alsema is a retired TV producer in the Netherlands who’s been fashioning his...

‘Clean growth’ report steps into scrapping of green deal void and reinstates all new homes be zero carbon by 2020

According to Joshua and Natsuko Shaffer, the couple behind Chibi Moku, Marten is a pioneer of "desert modern architecture." Educated as an architect, Marten wanted to create homes that would protect the spectacular views,...

Do you yearn for the soft, instant light of the incandescent bulb? Edison’s invention could be back – in an even more efficient form than energy-saving fluorescents

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Groningen has been one of Europe’s richest gas fields for 30 years, and thousands of people say their homes have been damaged by the tremors that drilling sets off...

Architecture for Humanity, one of the foremost humanitarian building initiatives in history, shut down operations on January 1st, 2015. Despite the significant public funding and grants that it received over the past 15 years,...

These ones won’t be blown away and could keep the energy wolves at bay by cutting fuel bills by up to 90%, say team behind the project in Bristol

The Bangladeshi government intends for every household in the nation to be powered by solar energy by 2021. In the race to become the “first solar nation,” they hope to achieve this goal by focusing on what they call...

Green deal is inappropriate for Britain’s 5m historic homes, so what’s the best way to stop them leaking energy? John Vidal gets expert advice for his Grade II listed home

South African architect Clara da Cruz Almeida and designers Dokter + Misses have just launched a new and sustainable pod living system, the POD-Indawo...

What would you do if all your most cherished possessions suddenly went up in smoke? That’s the situation facing dozens of families in Weed, California right now as a fast-moving wildfire destroyed about 150 buildings in...

Which? tells consumers to buy now as Best Buy cleaners fall foul of EU energy label that prohibits motors above 1,600wConsumers are being urged to buy powerful vacuum cleaners while they can after it emerged that some of...

Chris Newman explains how he retrofitted his draughty Victorian townhouse so thoroughly it beats the PassivHaus standard

From psychedelic teapots to rugs woven from thrown-away saris, weve pulled together some of the most beautiful and cleverly sourced homeware around