P-com Home & Design Green http://www.philly.com/philly/home/green RSS Feed for P-com Home & Design Green en-us Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:27:08 GMT Citywide venues exploring the field of design dreams http://www.philly.com/philly/home/green/20091009_Citywide_venues_exploring_the_field_of_design_dreams.html DesignPhiladelphia 2009, described as the largest national show of its kind, is focusing its fifth annual show on issues such as environmental sustainability, urban development, and social responsibility - hot topics this year. Recycler's guide to tough items http://www.philly.com/philly/home/green/20091009_Recycler_s_guide_to_tough_items.html You're committed to curbside recycling. Now, how do you tackle the tough stuff? Check out these solutions for seven hard-to-recycle items. GreenSpace: LED night-lights save energy http://www.philly.com/philly/home/green/20090518_GreenSpace__LED_night-lights_save_energy.html You're already obsessive about turning out lights. You've replaced many of your incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescents. Your electric bill has begun an impressive descent. Doubts swirl about effectiveness of no-flush urinals http://www.philly.com/philly/home/green/Doubts_swirl_about_effectiveness_of_no-flush_urinals.html An inconvenient truth hovers over the no-flush urinal industry. It's that many buyers and one-time fans say that the urinals are icky, tricky and costly to maintain. Green times pose lighting challenge http://www.philly.com/philly/home/green/20080425_Green_times_pose_a_lighting_challenge.html By now, it seems, almost everyone knows what it takes to go green. We can rattle off the list - sustainability, energy efficiency, renewable resources, fewer chemicals, regional food sources - and, mostly, we're all for them. For Earth, MySpace writes a new chapter http://www.philly.com/philly/home/green/20080422_For_Earth__MySpace_writes_a_new_chapter.html MySpace is expanding into green space. Joining the effort to save the environment, the social network has broken free of the confines of the Internet to publish its first book, MySpace/Our Planet: Change Is Possible (HarperTEEN, $12.99 paper), a handbook of tips for young adults interested in keeping Earth healthy. The purpose of the book, according to the publisher, is to extend Earth Day - which is today - to last all year long. Defining 'green' in building materials http://www.philly.com/philly/home/green/20080418_Defining__green__in_building_materials.html What makes a building or remodeling product green? REGREEN, a collaboration between the American Society of Interior Designers and the U.S. Green Building Council, offers the following checklist and other information at its Web site, www.regreenprogram.org. Green on display http://www.philly.com/philly/home/green/20080418_Green_on_display.html When Todd Ballantyne began working on his Lansdale home five years ago, he had a clear aim: to do an eco-conscious renovation using environmentally friendly building products. Getting green http://www.philly.com/philly/home/green/20080418_Getting_green.html Congregation of the Church of the Holy Organic, let us buy. Let us buy Anna Sova Luxury Organics Turkish towels, $58 apiece. Let us buy eco-friendly 600-thread-count bed sheets, milled in Switzerland with U.S. cotton, $570 for queen size. Knitting now spinning eco-friendly philosophy http://www.philly.com/philly/home/green/20080111_Knitting_now_spinning_eco-friendly_philosophy.html After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Jonelle Raffino found herself suddenly out of work. So did her husband, mother and father, who, like Raffino, had been consultants in the telecommunications industry. When the stock market plunged, their jobs simply disappeared.