Category: HOUSING

Residential Battery Backup Solutions for Reliable Power During Outages

In the era of unpredictable energy reliability, people living in homes are seeking viable means of remaining operational during unforeseen power outages. It could be due to bad weather, grid instability, or an increase in electricity costs, but the need for a residential battery backup system has become a necessity, rather than an option. Such…

ENVIRONMENT

Micro-Grid on the Move: How Portable Solar Generators Are Changing Tiny Homes & Van Life

Across the world, people are reimagining what home really means. For some, it’s a minimalist cabin on wheels. For others, it’s a converted van that runs on sunlight. What unites these lifestyles is a shared vision: freedom without fossil fuels. Tiny home and van life movements are redefining sustainability by combining simplicity, mobility, and clean…

ENVIRONMENT

Garages Offer New Housing Option in Scotland

Scotland is experiencing a housing crisis, so garages that were built years ago and are no longer in use are being converted into homes. The housing association responsible for the program reports that around 6,500 people are on its waiting lists, and it receives about 50 bids for every home that becomes available. Garages turned into homes to help ease housing crisis https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn92pl1yry7o Related Reading

GLOBAL

Get Ready for Super Wood!

A new company is turning low-value wood chips into structural beams that are 10 times stronger than wood. The product, which could replace hardwood taken from rainforests, is expected to be on the market soon. The World’s First ‘Super Wood’ is Weeks Away from Full Production https://woodcentral.com.au/the-worlds-first-super-wood-is-weeks-away-from-full-production/ Related Reading

CULTURE & LIFESTYLE

Tiny House Villages Offer Dignified and Affordable Housing

Rent and teacher shortages are rising, so this school district is building a village of tiny houses on a school’s soccer field that offers dignified and affordable housing for service professionals like teachers, nurses and firefighters. Another one is being built on a basketball court that offers affordable housing, life skills, therapy and job training…

CULTURE & LIFESTYLE

Shared Housing Trend Growing Out of Necessity

With the U.S. facing a nationwide housing shortage, and with developers having largely abandoned building new entry-level homes, families sharing their living spaces with non-relatives is on the rise. Why Americans are moving in with strangers twice their age https://www.vox.com/housing/396042/why-more-americans-are-living-with-strangers-twice-their-age Related Reading

CULTURE & LIFESTYLE

LISTEN: GreenSportsPod – Retired NFL Pro Discusses New Eco-Book for Kids (ep.39)

“I’m a nerd wrapped up in an athlete’s body” So says triple major at Penn State, retired NFL offensive lineman, CEO of The Bridge Eco Village (an innovative mixed use real estate development company that prioritizes environmental justice), motivational speaker, and EcoAthletes Champion Garry Gilliam. He can now add children’s eco-book author to his…

BOOKS

Why Homeowners Prefer Fake Grass in Valencia for Low-Maintenance Lawns

Some people hear about artificial grass and immediately wrinkle their nose. It sounds unnatural and potentially dangerous, plus expensive–grass seed is pretty cheap, what’s so hard about growing a lawn? But when homeowners in Valencia and similar climates actually run the numbers, they may find that their arguments against fake grass are quite inaccurate. When…

CULTURE & LIFESTYLE