Tag: Green Building - Page 3
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Wood construction tries to grow up
Funny thing how the concrete industry complains about the safety of six-story wood buildings, but as the Toronto Star reports, there are a lot of advantages.
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220 Story Sky City delayed, but 100 story baby brother going ahead
Prefab system from Broad Sustainable Buildings being used in Yinchuan
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The week in design: monster, printed and buried houses
Plus the greening of new york, the end of main street, an underground greenhouse and more.
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90 by 50 plan could reduce New York City's emissions by 90% by 2050
The Urban Green Council's radical proposal would rebuild the city and make it almost carbon-free.
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Is LEED back on the menu for the Military's green buildings?
A new report says that LEED Silver "or equivalent" should be used by the Department of Defense.
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A vision of the urban building of the future
Giant engineering firm Arup once again looks at they way we might build in the future, and it's alive.
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Amazing waterproof and oilproof coating (video)
No wonder the video went viral -- it looks like magic. But Ultra Ever Dry appears to be the real thing.
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New more efficient US homes eat up as much energy as they did a decade ago, because they are 30% larger
The rebound effect, or Jevons' Paradox, once again rears its ugly head and eats up all of our energy savings.
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Are Main Streets a thing of the past, or are they just getting ready for their closeup?
Kaid Benfield at the NRDC suggests that they are artifacts or tourist attractions; In fact they may well be the new economy
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Are building-integrated wind turbines still "folly"?
Are they there to generate electricity or to give a superficial green cred to a building? Alex Wilson revisits the question.
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Floor to ceiling glass is not green.
It's time to stop pretending that you can build a building this way and call it green; Even the best glass is worse than a crappy wall.
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Bercy Chen completes high-tech update of traditional pit house
Taking a traditional native American design and updating it for the 21st Century
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The Week in Design, From Shipping Containers to Shipping Pallets
What else did you expect? How about literal dumpster diving and the world's greenest building?
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"Hen House" Treads Lightly on the Scottish Landscape
A small holiday house by Rural Design Architects is designed to act as "a visitor in the ancient landscape."
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SLIDESHOW: "Hen House" Treads Lightly on the Scottish Landscape
More detail on Rural Design Architects' holiday house on the Isle of Skye
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Green Building under Threat: Feds May Drop LEED Endorsement
The General Services Administration wimps out, looks for "additional input" as big chem gets ready to party
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Is the Bullitt Center the World's Greenest Building?
It's hard to comply with the Living Building Challenge certification system. In some cases, it's not even legal.
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The Month in Design, From Micro-Apartments to GlennBeckistan
Also tanks in your backyard and killer stairs
