Siemens has entered the important and quickly-growing large-scale battery storage market with a new modular design that lets utilities scale up as needed. The Siestorage lithium-ion battery system starts at 16kWh of storage and can be scaled up to 2 MWh Full Article at Treehugger

Clean technology development is vital to the future protection of our environment, but it's often hard to engage people on the topic because many of the technologies are quite complicated. A new website, Future360.tv hopes to take the learning curve out Full Article at Treehugger

When traveling, finding green hotels and organic eateries can be challenging without an extensive search. In San Jose, a pleasant escape in the Bay area, it may be easier since the city established a "Green Vision" back in 2007. It starts with a LEED Sil Full Article at Treehugger

The Center helps fill this need by providing meeting space for non-profits or educational institutions a Full Article at Treehugger

Jim Garrison of Garrison Architects submitted the Koby Cottage to Inhabitat last month. It is a lovely prefab built in 2008 for a good cause: a guest house for families visiting children at Starr Commonwealth, a non-profit in Michigan. Unlike most modula Full Article at Treehugger

Not only is this gorgeous hotel LEED gold certified, it is also located in the perfect spot to relax for a few days, or even to go and work from. Right on the beach of L'Escala, north of Barcelona, near Greek and Roman ruins and amongst pine trees, this Full Article at Treehugger

When I first heard of Deborah Schneiderman's new book, Inside Prefab: The Ready-Made Interior, I was confused. After all, unless you make your own furniture, it is all prefabricated under the usual definition. But Schniederman, an associate professor of Full Article at Treehugger

Concrete is among the most common building materials in the world, and it has a massive carbon footprint. The 15% of concrete that is cement is behind five to six percent of all man made CO2, producing nine kilograms of carbon dioxide for every ten kilog Full Article at Treehugger

For years, we have been saying in TreeHugger that flame retardants were a problem because they are bioaccumulative and are being found everywhere, from baby's umbilical cords to polar bears. Now new research suggests that they are worse than ineffective, Full Article at Treehugger

The homeowners wanted a "healthy-green" home. We incorporated products and procedures that would ensure an environmentally friendly home. We followed the guidelines of the Chicago Green Homes checklist, in addition to providing construction guidelines fo Full Article at Treehugger

One of my favourite twitter feeds is The Times is On it, "Because sometimes stories in newspapers are just *that* obvious." Their pick from the Home and Garden section this week was "GUYS, what little kid doesn't love building forts out of couch cushions Full Article at Treehugger

Activists in historic preservation often are asked "when is a building too far gone to save?" British architects Haworth Tompkins demonstrate that when there is a will, the answer is never. At Aldeburgh Music’s ‘creative campus’ is based at Snape Malting Full Article at Treehugger

Green biking trails winding through vineyards, wine blending competitions, cork recycling, a ladybug release, organic food and wine pairings, and of course, tastings of Pinot Full Article at Treehugger

Every time I write about yet another Paul Rudolph building under threat, the comments run the gamut from "Rudolph's shameless borrowings kept his work on the cover of architectural magazines of the time, but to hell with poor unfortunates condemned to us Full Article at Treehugger

Bridging the current gap between design and ecology is not always easy, but neither does it have to be complicated. Using two recycled shipping containers and off-site prefabrication of interiors and building components, this "Two-Tree House" by Tel-Aviv Full Article at Treehugger