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Green Christmas Gifts for Your Eco-Friendly Loved Ones

Yes, Christmas is a time of giving. Depending on our mood, we’d be scouring the malls now, hunting for what we think is the best gift for our loved ones. But isn’t the eco-friendly lifestyle all about reducing our purchases? …

neoli3 Dicembre 2012

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Yay for Smart Windows Technology!

Everything’s smart these days. We have smartphones, smart grids, smart homes, smart walls, smart cars, even smart cities. When technology people start labeling something as smart, trust that they don’t do it lightly. They mean it in the most mind-blowing…

neoli28 Novembre 2012

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Be Inspired by Eco-Friendly Bathrooms in Green Buildings

I don’t know about you but I happen to judge an office building or an establishment, say a restaurant, according to its bathrooms. I don’t care much for the façade or the adorable pocket garden, not even the plush sofa…

neoli1 Novembre 2012

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Why Curved Buildings are Green, and Why They’re Here to Stay.

A few articles ago, Lloyd Alter of Treehugger lamented the news of the threatened Prentice Hospital in Chicago. For two reasons: one, because it’s pointless to demolish perfectly-good, structurally sound buildings just to erect a new one (pointless still if…

neoli30 Ottobre 2012

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Green Building for the Newbies | What Your LEED Contractor Can Do For You

Building green is no easy task. If it’s your first time, ask any LEED contractor and you’ll be introduced to an elaborate process of planning that borders on obsessive compulsiveness. What is LEED anyway? LEED, currently the gold standard in…

neoli27 Ottobre 2012

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Green Building Myths We Should Stop Believing Now (Part 2)

Two posts ago, we tackled some of the green building myths we should stop believing now. As in now. And now we’re on to the second half of the list: Green Building is Just a Passing Trend Not if…

neoli20 Ottobre 2012

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Eco-Friendly Staplers and Why I’m No Longer Guilted by People Who Point Out My Carbon Footprint

Ah yes, carbon footprint. Did you know that a lone staple wire, which you let the store clerk use on your kraft paper bag, can add to your carbon footprint? Well, I didn’t know about this, until this guy at…

neoli15 Ottobre 2012

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Five Green Building Myths You'd Better Stop Believing Now (Part 1)

Green building might not yet be as prevalent as we hope it would be. It’s not yet the rule instead of the exception, but it’s sure come a long way ever since it took off in the 1970s. We’re becoming…

neoli10 Ottobre 2012

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Acts of Green in the Office: 43 Green Office Tips

Last September 10, the Journal of Organizational Behavior published the findings of UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability regarding employees in eco-friendly organizations. According to the study, employees are more 16{e3829ec1db02d54faaf9fa2de0d48db26af01d7a7944a63c3b26976124791cab} productive when their offices are engaged in green standards and…

neoli2 Ottobre 2012

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Eco Apps for Your Smartphone

Whether you’re team Android or Team Apple, what matters is that we all enjoy our smartphones. Thanks to all the wonderful developers who constantly churn out dozens of variously-purposed apps every day, we’re more connected and updated than ever before,…

neoli29 Settembre 2012

Green Christmas Gifts for Your Eco-Friendly Loved Ones

Yay for Smart Windows Technology!

Be Inspired by Eco-Friendly Bathrooms in Green Buildings

Why Curved Buildings are Green, and Why They’re Here to Stay.

Green Building for the Newbies | What Your LEED Contractor Can Do For You

Green Building Myths We Should Stop Believing Now (Part 2)

Eco-Friendly Staplers and Why I’m No Longer Guilted by People Who Point Out My Carbon Footprint

Five Green Building Myths You'd Better Stop Believing Now (Part 1)

Acts of Green in the Office: 43 Green Office Tips

Eco Apps for Your Smartphone

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