A countertop made from a composite of recycled, compressed paper costs about the same as one made of granite. In his small way, Michael Schaeffer hopes to change that. Schaeffer, a longtime California ...

RYE — Most people dream of going to work everyday to do something they love. Ethan Korpi and Peter Robie of Eco Sound live out their passion each day by helping people renovate and build homes that ...

Picture the Pantheon in Rome. Considering that it was built in CE 128, it has held together remarkably well under the footsteps of hundreds of millions of visitors over the centuries. If the ancient ...

It’s easy to spend your whole life working toward owning a home, but now it’s possible to have your home work for you. Owner and designer Aeron Tozier is set to complete the valley’s first G Home, 328 ...

WINCHESTER, Va., Aug. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trex Company [NYSE: TREX], the world’s #1 brand of sustainably made, wood-alternative decking and railing, has been named a 2023 Eco-Leader, the ...

Trends come and go in the construction industry. But these days, according to local building pros, those trends are less about accent walls and open floor plans, and more about being green. “The ...

Home builders would have called it risky to put up eco-friendly homes 15 years ago. The costs to build that way were too high. Today, some of the area’s thriftiest home builders consider it risky not ...