Tag: Construction - Page 7
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Green Walking Tours of London's Eco-Highlights
Here's a walking tour that shows a green and sustainable side of London that most Londoners don't even know about. Insider London's Green Tours offer three hours of hard walking and bussing around the town, focussing on the most pioneering,
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Urban Re:Construct Competition Challenges Designers to Rethink the City Block
By recognizing that the city block is to
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Solar Panels Morphing To Meet Consumer Demand
The Centre For Sustainable Design recently reported that solar panel manufacturers, SunPower and Lumeta, manufactured by Suntech, are developing solar panels that more closely resemble and hide in roof surfaces. While most
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Open Architecture Challenge: And The Winners Are...
Drumroll please.....Today the winners of the Open Architecture Challenge have been announced. TreeHugger has been following this global architectural design competition over the last year with great interest. This ambitious concept launched by
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Greensburg, Kansas Resident Offers Insider's View
View from a grain elevator in Greensburg. Nearly all of the town's buildings were destroyed or heavily damaged by the May 4, 2007 tornado. The middle of nowhere and the center of everything. That is how it feels in Greeensburg, Kansas right now. May 4
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7-Step Alternative to Greener Buildings
Phaedra Svec, an associate in the Elements division of BNIM Architects is featured in an article on Greener Buildings discussing the seven steps she created as an interim alternative to
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AFH UK to Build FareShare's Training Centre in London
After recently telling you about a past project by AFH UK, the Arnica Drying Factory in Romania, we now bring you news of their latest voluntary design scheme that goes on site in London any day now. A multidisciplinary design team has been working
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5 Materials on Show at EcoBuild
The huge trade show EcoBuild has returned to the Earls Court exhibition centre in London. Given that this is the same venue for 100% Design, where maybe, if you're lucky, 5% of content is sustainable, it is amazing to see the entire two hangars filled
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Construction Boom Creates Air Pollution in Monterrey, Mexico
While the best-known pollution in Mexico is Mexico City's air, which mainly comes from the combustion of vehicle fuel, it's not the only place with a problem or the only kind of pollution in circulation posing a serious risk to human health.
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Green Tower Does Away with Hallways
Jean Nouvel's vision of a green future doesn't include hallways. The big-name French architect and designer has a skinny and controversial $400-million, 45-story luxury condo tower on the boards for Los Angeles, and the design allows elevators to access
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U.S. Green Building Council Launches Catalog of Top-Tier Green Building Ed. Programs
Well, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) recently announced the launch of their new Education Provider Program (EPP). The goal is to ultimately create an extensive "course catalog" of top-tier green building educational programs, peer-reviewed
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Visiting Construct Canada 2007
It's Construct Canada time, when every architect and contractor in town descends into the sixth level of hell, Dr. Evil's former lair now converted into the Toronto Convention Centre South, to take in all the new serious nuts and bolts of construction.
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Green Stats: 112,000
50 -- the percent of construction waste that is salvageable and reusable.
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Mexican Government Cites Ecological Dangers of Border Wall
The wall the U.S. government is building on the border with Mexico could cause floods, the disappearance of 11 animal species with the interruption of their migration routes, and the fragmentation of flora and fauna populations, according to a new study
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The Open Prototype
"A well-designed home is not a transient entity. It can withstand the trials of time."
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Build Your Own Green Home Game
When we recently showed a game that teaches sustainable building, commenter Joyce said "That is a great idea! Is there an American counterpart?" and what should turn up as part of NBC Universal's GreenWeek but "Build your own green home," that lets
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FSC, Gold Standard for Certification, Gets Tarnished
I know, gold doesn't tarnish, but we certainly have always looked at certification by the Forest Stewardship Council to be the best there is. That doesn't mean that it is perfect; The Wall Street Journal notes that if you set the bar too high, then you
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Wood Construction vs Deforestation
After reading our quotes from Prince Charles- "The simple fact is that combatting deforestation is likely to be one of the quickest and most cost-effective means of reducing carbon dioxide emissions" and our post on construction-"Wood can be the
