This month, we had the opportunity to participate in Treehugger‘s Great Prefab Debate and saw some interesting products at the NAHB Green Building conference in Salt Lake City.  The most popular article on Facebook was about this modern chicken coop by MAKE Design Studio, while the most shared article on Twitter was about using trees to improve home cooling.  Below you’ll find a topical gathering of coverage from May.

Innovative Prefabs:

• Stunning Modern “Edge” Prefab in the Park
• Stillwater Dwelling Prefab Built in California
• New LABhaus Prefab Home in New Jersey
• Prefab LivingHomes Complete in Los Altos
• Fresh Prefab Readied for Dwell on Design
• Affordable Passive House Prefab in Whistler
• The Great Prefab Debate [Watch Video]

Homes & Projects:

• The Power Haus -22 HERS Index Home
• House Ocho with a Lively Green Roof
• Low Impact Dwelling on Orcas Island
• Straw Bales Used for Pop Up Structure
• Synergy: Affordable Beacon of Passive House
• Five Passivhaus Concepts for New Orleans

Technology & Products Innovation:

• Grow Food in a Vertical Home Minigarden
• Alcoa Unveils Smog Eating Aluminum Panel
• dRain Joint for Easy Storm Water Drainage
• High Recycled-Content Board called NewWood
• Resysta, the Non-Wood, Wood Product
• Accoya Offers Durable Non-Toxic Wood
• New Handmade Green Tiles from Clayhaus
• Flock Wool Modular Wall Tiles by Hive
• Bazzeo Kitchens Used in Preservation Project
• Google Intros Smart LEDs, [email protected]
• Designer CFL Perfect for Naked Lighting
• Flexible Tensile Solar Has Big Potential
• Cloud-Based Smart Watering: Cyber-Rain
• Modern Recyclable Planters with LEDs
• Modern Chicken Coop in Urban Seattle
• Chicken Coopsickle on a Steep Incline Site

Know-How & Green News:

• How to Improve Home Cooling with Trees
• Green Materials to Grow to $70B by 2015
• Lowe’s Rolls Out Sungevity Solar iQuote
• Week in Review Archives

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