As luck would have it, the housing bubble was at its peak in 2008 when Sarah Schmidt and Julie Matthei began house hunting for a home spacious enough for them to raise their three growing children. “We had outgrown our place in Evanston, and our initial thought was that we wanted to remodel another old […]
LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is a green building certification system. It provides third-party verification that a building is energy and water efficient. Here is a list of local buildings that have gone through the certification process. If we missed one, please let us know in the comments section below. […]
After you’ve seen the living, growing roof at the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center at the Chicago Botanic Garden (CBG), you’ll never be satisfied with your asphalt, tile or slate roof again. This flat roof is covered in color and life—40,000 plants comprising 200 different species, including sedums, cacti, asters […]
Scott and Sharon Krone’s new home at the corner of 7th and Lake in Wilmette almost looks like your traditional North Shore masonry home. But solar panels perched on the aluminum roof, a tomato-red horizontal stripe wrapping the white exterior and ground-level, floor-to-ceiling windows hint that the Krones live a more vibrant shade of […]
