Tag: green design
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Custom Homes Strive for Energy Independence
This collection of custom houses strives for energy independence and minimal impact on the land.
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New Metric Helps Builders and Architects Maximize Daylighting
Thanks to a new metric from the Lighting Research Center, builders, architects, engineers, and other design pros have a better method for predicting the maximum amount of beneficial daylighting in their designs.
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Sealing the Envelope: Secrets of Energy Efficient Buildings
Portland based developer Ed McNamara is keenly focused on building green and achieving high levels of energy, water and other resource efficiencies. And he’s obligated by HUD and other public financing partners to rent at below-market rates.
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A Modular Unit for a Shifting Population
At 400 square feet and free of the grid, the structure offers unique solutions to some of society’s upcoming challenges.
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Not Pretty? Then It’s Not Green
Lance Hosey is on a crusade to revolutionize what it means to be sustainable.
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Gehry’s Make It Right Home Opens in New Orleans
Affordable duplex incorporates high-performance products and technologies.
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American High-Performance Buildings Coalition Calls for Consensus-Based Green-Building Standards
Under a new coalition, 27 industry groups raise issue with USGBC’s LEED development procedures and call for more consensus-based approaches and transparency in green-building standard development.
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Beach Houses That Balance Style and Durability
Living next to the ocean means building durable structures to resist storms, pervasive humidity, and corrosive salt air, and the best of these efforts also maintain a graceful stance that’s respectful of their delicate sites. The designs seen here achieve that tricky balance and more.
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Is It a Green House? You Can’t Tell by Looking Anymore
Four eco-wise homes, from ultra-modern to super-traditional, are handsome proof that you can’t tell a green house just by looking at it.
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A Modular System Flexible Enough for Emergencies and Vacation Homes
Born as a humanitarian disaster solution, House Arc is gaining popularity in wider circles.