Category: Environment
Sales to launch Thursday at eco18 in the South Loop
We're anxiously awaiting some larger renderings for eco18, a new condo project in the South Loop. In the meantime, we'll pass along the news that a s [...]
Seagulls flock to South Side homes
We recently asked if the much-ballyhooed influx of cicadas had affected your neighborhoods, or interfered with your home searches. Most of you sadl [...]
How to color a rehab green
How do you transform an old Chicago apartment building into an eco-friendly development?
We posed this question to engineering consultant George Sul [...]
Lincoln Park's Clybourn Green to start marketing in June
Clybourn Green — an 18-unit rehab with an eco-friendly slant at 2401-2409 N Clybourn Ave — goes on the market June 15.
This is the first green projec [...]
Chicago deal of the day: free scooter at West Loop's Emerald
Here's an unusual perk: buyers at Emerald, two 12-story towers under construction on Green Street in the West Loop, can for a limited time get a fre [...]
Solar Verde breaks ground on 20 green houses on far South Side
Devotees of green building might want to check out Solar Verde, Schmidt Luxury Homes' development of 20 single-family houses that broke ground in mid- [...]
Designing your week: all night in the Loop, all day at the river
This weekend ought to be great for insomniacs. As you're no doubt aware, Looptopia kicks off this Friday - the overnight festival in the Loop with a p [...]
Eco18 has Chicago's South Loop neighborhood seeing green
The site of the planned Eco18 development (pictured) doesn't look too green just yet, but that's about to change. The two towers slated at 1818 S W [...]
Cool your roof the Daley way
The Chicago Reader's Daily Harold blog today points out the moral confusion that can result when a corrupt government goes green. As a fairly staunc [...]
It's a dog's life in Uptown
It's days like today that we wish we were at the Montrose Dog Beach. Actually, this photo wasn't taken today, as you can tell by the wintry clothing [...]
Al Gore isn't the only one who likes to live green
Future residents of a new condo building in Woodlawn will cook with energy-efficient appliances, walk on sustainably harvested bamboo floors and rela [...]
Urban Green Project tackles a Chicago two-flat
Green Grumbles, the blog for the Urban Green Project, has a batch of new entries this week. The site chronicles the transformation of a more than 100- [...]
Green appliance performs well in "popcorn test"
As we said yesterday, home inspector and New Homes columnist Tom Corbett speaks highly of energy-efficient appliances. When clients ask Corbett how th [...]
Energy-efficient appliances becoming more common in new residential developments
Home inspector and New Homes Magazine columnist, Tom Corbett, can't speak highly enough about energy-efficient appliances, and Corbett isn't the only [...]
Showers tread line between luxury and excess
Forget about that recent warning about water shortages out West. With the UN's World Water Day just around the corner, the International Builders' Sh [...]
More dirt on Clybourn Point in Cabrini-Green
For Rada Doytcheva, principal of RADA Architects and RADA Development, there is no better place than Cabrini-Green for a "green" building.
"I find [...]
Is stone the way to go in Chicago yards?
We who still hold dear memories of walking barefoot in the grass in our youth died a little when we heard the current trend in landscaping is to pav [...]
Chicago chosen to host green building conference
LA may have the Oscars, but now Chicago has the 2007 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo. The US Green Building Council has decided to shift [...]
Is Chicago The City of the Future?
The Chicago Loop could take on a whole new meaning 100 years from now. The History Channel is hosting a design and engineering challenge to find The [...]
Spotted in Lincoln Square – the butt counters
We spotted this dynamic duo earlier in Lincoln Square cleaning up - and counting - cigarette butts on the east side of the 4600 block of North Lincol [...]