Tag: Construction - Page 8
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Bottle Buildings
When we get tired of carrying all our wine bottles back to the store for deposit, we may just recycle them into a bottle building in the backyard. People have been doing it for years, another or those "architecture without architects" things that
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West Coast Green wrapup
West Coast Green — when they billed it as the biggest green building conference on this coast, they weren't lying. It was huge and the lineup of speakers was excellent. There were roughly 4 tracks a day with at least 40 different sessions going on
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Athena Hits the Mark with Green Building Tools
The construction industry has gained the Athena Assembly Evlauation tool for use (free!) with the Green Building Initiative'sâ„¢ (GBI) Green Globesâ„¢ environmental assessment and rating system for commercial buildings. The intent is to leverage life
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Picture of the Day: Should've Been a Contractor
There is absolutely nothing green about this, but it was too good not to share. The yacht is called "Change Order" and the dinghy is named "Original Contract." Anyone who has ever built anything will get the joke. Thanks,
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Richard Rogers' Pioneer Homes of the Future
We mentioned Lord Rogers' prefab "flexi-houses" being built with Wimpey earlier; now we get to see the almost finished project. "The homes are constructed from sustainable materials and employ unique features including an ‘EcoHat’ – allowing hot air to
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Sustainable Construction at Construmat: the R4House
Yesterday Construmat, the biggest International Building Show, opened its doors in Barcelona to welcome thousands of architects, designers, engineers, builders and developers for a week of exchanging ideas, conferences and the latest in the world of
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Building a Green China
Even if you've been here, your sooty mental image of urban China may be exaggerated. But some days, the real thing manages to defy even the most cynical imaginations: concrete sprawl locked in permanent rush hours that lurch past massive buildings,
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Variety's Green Page on Hollywood's Eco-Heroics
I consider myself pretty conservative, especially by Hollywood's standards. I don't hug trees. I like my creature comforts. But that doesn't mean I don't have a responsibility to clean up my own mess. This, from "The Nativity Story's" producer Marty
