Trends these days are to not build homes and buildings to code but to standards that are much more efficient. Windows, doors, insulation, heating, cooling and even the countertops in some kitchens are more efficient and made with less and less toxic methods. We will be visiting one of the most efficient homes on the planet and one of the first Leed Platinum office buildings in the US.

Originally released by Film Ideas, 2014. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 15, 2019.

Port of Portland (5:20); --Green Living (5:02); -- Green Home (4:30); -- Seabrkook, WA (4:37); -- Credits: Green Economy, The: Green Building (0:31); .