From Austin Energy Green Building - What is biophilic design? It celebrates the natural environment by intentionally incorporating elements from nature into the built environment. Designers and medical professionals have found that biophilic buildings create spaces in which people are happier, healthier and more productive. Get inspiration and...
From Austin Energy Green Building - Learn how to build, remodel or buy green homes that improve energy and water efficiency, increase comfort, and reduce maintenance. The workshop is designed to provide a choice of topics based on your green building needs. Sessions are paired with...
From Austin Energy Green Building - Learn how to build, remodel or buy green homes that improve energy and water efficiency, increase comfort, and reduce maintenance. The workshop is designed to provide a choice of topics based on your green building needs. Sessions are paired with...
From Austin Energy Green Building - Learn how to build, remodel or buy green homes that improve energy and water efficiency, increase comfort, and reduce maintenance. The workshop is designed to provide a choice of topics based on your green building needs. Sessions are paired with...
From Austin Energy Green Building - Thoughtful landscape design goes beyond designing for beauty. Small site landscapes and open space regional designs can create multi-functional green spaces that restore ecosystems, protect natural resources and increase community resiliency in the face of droughts, floods and other challenges. Learn...
Raise your hand if you loved building forts as a kid! Now's the time to reawaken that childhood creativity with the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center's Fortlandia exhibit. The Wildflower Center is currently accepting applications from creative individuals, groups, firms, and students to design, construct, and display forts as part of...
From the US Green Building Council (USGBC) Central Texas Region - Join us as we discuss the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, a set of 17 goals developed by the United Nations grounded in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Millennium Declaration, and the 2005 World...
From Austin Energy Green Building - Austin's rapid growth adds more cars on the road every day. Internal combustion vehicles account for over 30 percent of emissions in the greater Austin area. New initiatives to reduce congestion and emissions are transforming transportation through innovation, safety and...
Sponsored Post - from Austin Energy Green Building 15,000. That's how many single family homes have earned an Austin Energy Green Building rating since the program launched in 1991. The Austin Energy Green Building system was one of the first of its kind in the US, helping to inspire a whole...
From Austin Energy Green Building - Sustainability goes beyond high performance buildings - it's about creating buildings and systems that nurture and support the well-being of the people that inhabit them. In order to achieve these goals, developers and designers seek to understand and respect the...