Stylish, green home up for grabs in Noe Valley
SFGate
Twice a week, The Chronicle features a local home on the market that caught our eye for its architecture, history or character. More photos: www.sfgate.com/columns/walkthrough. Address: 978 Elizabeth St., Noe Valley, San Francisco. Asking price: $1.695 …

Why bamboo is the 'green steel' of 21st-century Asian architecture
Financial Times
Examples include House for Trees, which Vo designed in Ho Chi Minh City in 2014 for a friend who had “become sick from pressure and pollution”, he says. Inspired by tropical rainforests, the home, costing just over $155,000 to build, features five …

Detox your home, and yourself, with green cleaners
Poughkeepsie Journal
To kick off your summer cleaning projects, Robin Wilson, founder and CEO of Robin Wilson Home, author of “Clean Design: Wellness for Your Lifestyle” and an ambassador for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, said to start with your closets so …

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Rick Fedrizzi of US Green Building Council: A leader should not be afraid to make things simple
Syracuse.com
The council developed the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) building standards and created Green Business Certification Inc. The council changed … Tell me about the family-inspired work ethic. Both my Greek and …. He believed …

Concrete ways to pour style into your home
Winston-Salem Journal
Indeed, it was inventor Thomas Edison who, in 1911, first promoted the use of concrete to make furniture. He claimed that it was durable and affordable and that it could be stained to take on the look of wood.

Working Geek: Microsoft Chief Experience Officer Julie Larson-Green shares her productivity secrets
GeekWire
Julie Larson-Green has built her career around product development and user interface design. The Microsoft engineering leader has more than two decades of … At home: A couple Windows laptop PCs, one high/end Windows gaming PC, a Surface Book, my …