Green Lifestyle in Style at a UC Berkeley Apartment Complex The University of California, Berkeley -- already home to the nation's first eco-friendly dorm room -- has expanded its "green" footprint this year with a two-bedroom apartment that showcases sustainable living. "We want to show people that it's possible and just make it easy to live a sustainable life," said Desirae Early, a UC Berkeley environmental economics and policy major who sits on the Green Room Committee that put the Green Apartment together. Everything in the apartment ... Read more... [Green Lifestyle in Style at a UC Berkeley Apartment Complex]   A new standard for modern apartment living: the eco block APARTMENT BLOCKS JUST KEEP GOING UP. That's because more and more people want to live in them. With apartments in such high demand in Australian cities, it makes sense to find a better way to build them. One sustainable apartment complex is leading the way in multi-residential developments... Read more... [A new standard for modern apartment living: the eco block]

Decorating your first apartment: African Style Moving beyond milk crates, boxes and dorm posters can be a daunting decorating task for the novice. But several African-American designers and interior decorators have advice for new apartment dwellers who are design-challenged ... Read more... [Decorating your first apartment: African Style]   Home Design - A Wall of Drawers and a Bartered Bed KAYT BRUMDER, a fifth-year architecture student at Cooper Union in New York City, has an advantage when it comes to home design: She owns her apartment, so she can make structural changes... Read more... [Home Design - A Wall of Drawers and a Bartered Bed]   Teaching residents the safer path Most property management companies are aware of the security precautions which they should take. Every apartment association convention seems to include one or more seminars designed to educate those in the multifamily industry on security issues. Unfortunately, educated management is only half of the solution... Read more... [Teaching residents the safer path]   Apartment management: analyzing the needs of high-end apartment residents This article examines results of a survey of residents at "institutional-grade" garden apartments in several cities to determine the characteristics of residents in high-end (luxury) garden apartments and their preferences regarding apartment living. Read more... [Apartment management: analyzing the needs of high-end apartment residents]