By Matt Cantor, Cantor Inspections ​ The new Inflation Reduction Act provides almost $400 Billion (that’s with a B) for the mitigation of...

Neighbors Adapt Their Homes for Climate Change By Amy Kiser, Verdant Communications & Project Management On a recent weekend in May, the...

Teak Me Home Reclaimed Wood Furnishings By Alex Elsinga and Lawrence Grown Editing by Reyna Bernstein ​ Teak Me Home is a sustainable...

Fire Safety in the Wildland Urban Interface By Scott McGlashan, McGlashan Architecture Grim images and terrible stories from burned...

Straw Bale Building emerged in the late 1800s in Nebraska where trees were scarce. A uniquely American innovation has since been exported.

If you’ve ever walked around the city of Berkeley, you’ve noticed the hidden wooden stairs, shortcut paths, and stairways that connect.

By Scott McGlashan McGlashan Architecture - Original and Ecological Design and Planning ​ It has become a mantra among forward thinking...

By Lawrence Grown, Co-Owner of Metro Lighting, Berkeley CA ​ See Recycling In A New Light Metro Lighting makes pendants from...

Home Electrification By Matt Cantor of Cantor Inspections Matt Cantor, architecture graduate of UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental...

You breathe what you build. Formaldehyde is a naturally occurring substance, your kitchen cabinets likely contain added formaldehyde VOCs .

The downtown Berkeley bike station is located above ground at 2208 Shattuck Ave., a few seconds away from the BART entrance at Allston...

Bale Raising for a Santa Rosa Home's Fire Rebuild Photo credit: c. Ed Caldwell photography On May 9th, Arkin Tilt Architects (ATA) helped...