Raising a Family in Tight Quarters

by ryw | Aug 14, 2014 | Blog, Green Building

Spartan-style tiny homes are popping up everywhere across the country. Call it what you will: a shift towards sustainable living; a natural response to a recessed economy; a necessary move by a generation burdened by enormous debt. Whatever it is, the movement is...

A Home to Hang Your Hat In – Clothesline Tiny Homes

by ryw | May 30, 2013 | Blog, Green Building

We can’t get enough tiny homes here at Renovate Your World. For starters, they require clutter-free living. And we’re all about zero clutter. They’re also super-green, which is world is in dire need of. So we turn our attention to husband and wife...

Seattle’s Bullitt Center Hailed the World’s Greenest Office Building

by ryw | Jan 31, 2013 | Blog, Green Building

It gets 100% of its energy from solar panels and 100% of its water from rain harvesting. It’s the Bullitt Center office building in Seattle, and with its recent opening it is being considered the greenest office building in the world. The 50,000 square foot...

The CNC House

by ryw | Oct 10, 2012 | Blog, Green Building

The architects at 1:1 Arkitektur would like us to believe that they have built a home of the future. And we may just believe them. It’s not so much the home itself that is futuristic but the manner in which it was built. And that manner itself does not involve...

Green Mortgage Rising

by ryw | Jul 11, 2012 | Blog, Green Building

According to Builder Magazine (online), the arrival of two HUD programs that attract private investors to energy efficient incentives spells headway for the green mortgage industry. One program is called the Energy Innovation Fund, which will award $25 million in...

LEED Pushes Back LEED 2012 Ballot

by ryw | Jun 7, 2012 | Blog, Green Building

Caving under member pressure and stakeholders, the USGBC recently announced that the ballot for LEED 2012 has been pushed back to June 1, 2013. It will also be renamed LEED v4. A message from USGBC President, CEO & Founding Chairman Rick Fedrizzi lays out the...