Tag: Concrete
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Giant Ontario Mega Quarry Cancelled
The fight to save thousands of acres of Ontario farmland is over.
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BuildingGreen Tells You Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Concrete
Concrete is controversial as a green building material; This guide cuts through the greenwashing
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Holedeck Waffle Slab Construction System Saves 20" Per Floor
More efficient building system reduces building heights and looks good too.
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Lightning Bolts Could Make Concrete Recycling Viable
Researchers are using bolts of lightning to separate waste concrete into its constituent components, which could be recycled into fresh concrete.
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Recycled Concrete Bunkers in Albania Get New Uses
They built 750,000 bunkers in Albania and now they are being recycled for everything from nightclubs to shops.
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Laptop Stand is Made Of Concrete
Designer Greg Papove is onto something here; it keeps your computer cool and raises it up
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Students Build a School from Waste Products in the Dominican Republic
Students from Humboldt State University went to the Dominican Republic to help locals build a school from newspaper, sawdust, dirt and plastic bottles.
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Just What We Needed Dept: A Concrete Chandelier
Filled with seven incandescent bulbs, it's slogan should be "It's not a light, it's a heater!"
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Bubble Deck Technology Uses Less Concrete by Filing The Slab With Beach Balls
This is a really clever idea that takes out all the stuff in the middle that you don't really need, and replacing it with air.
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Solar Powered Process Could Finally Make Concrete Greener
A solar process reduces the CO2 emissions produced in the making of concrete, but it may not go far enough.
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3D Printed Buildings Proposed For the Moon
The Contour Crafters prepare for "planetary infrastructure Buildup" and take their technology into space.
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China & India Welcome Unregulated Asbestos: Russia & Other Nations Glad to Send It
Asbestos exposure in China and India is spiraling out of control.
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Awesome House Rises 20 Feet into Trees in Brazilian Atlantic Forest
With an open lower level that lets plants grow and animals circulate freely, architect George Mills' summer house is as dreamy as is gets.
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Concrete Furniture: Let's Nip This Design Trend In The Bud
Concrete is heavy, and responsible for 5% of the CO2 produced in the world. Why in the world would we want it in our living rooms?
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Ask Pablo: Do Solar Panels Contribute To The Heat Island Effect?
Image credit: Bernd Sieker, used under Creative Commons license. Dear Pablo: Does installing commercial rooftop solar PV (with the dark-colored PV cells) negate the effect of painting that same roof white to alleviate the "heat island" effect in
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Take Action: Ontario's Proposed Mega-Quarry Could Contaminate Drinking Water for A Million People
As Lloyd detailed in an earlier post on the enormous ecological footprint of concrete, a US-owned hedge fund is proposing a mega-quarry in Melancthon, about an hour and a half away from
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Tubohotel: Concrete Tubing Recycled Into Affordable, "All Tube" Hotel
Here on TreeHugger we've already seen minimalist hotels made out of giant sections of concrete tubing. But who would have known concrete tubing could be actually made to look inviting, much less for travellers
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Is Living In A City Making You Crazy?
With more than 50% of the world's population currently living in cities and 70% of the world population expected to live in a city by 2050, neurologists are starting to map out the impact of living in
