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Edinburgh refurb provides affordable housing
Edinburgh refurb provides affordable housing Posted on December 2nd, 2009 by Hattie Hartman 9-11 Gilmour’s Close, a category B listed five storey building in Edinburgh Old Town, has been refurbished… more →
Building towards sustainability
Manitoba Hydro Place - A Model for Extreme Climate Responsive Design
bldgsim wrote 5 days ago: Manitoba Hydro Place, the new headquarters of the fourth largest energy utility in Canada, recently … more →
Edinburgh refurb provides affordable housing
ddeighton wrote 2 weeks ago: Edinburgh refurb provides affordable housing Posted on December 2nd, 2009 by Hattie Hartman 9-11 G … more →
underrated green design strategies
akihan wrote 1 month ago: i get quite upset and skeptical when i read of projects that boast of plenty of technology packing i … more →
Solar Decathlon Europe 2010
ddeighton wrote 2 months ago: Solar Decathlon Europe 2010 An interdisciplinary team has won the chance to participate in an intern … more →
Passivity
keelankaiser wrote 2 months ago: I am working through ideas about designing buildings for passivity, that is designing from the very … more →
the orient chapple
nickchapple wrote 5 months ago: The Orient Chapple The concept: Is a flat pack style home. A 3mx3m modular layout, designed so the o … more →
Low energy house, Germany
nickchapple wrote 5 months ago: Low energy house, Martinsberg Location: Tubingen, Germany. 48º 27’N, 8º 57’E. Architecture: Nick Cha … more →
New York’s High Line Park in the sky opens today!
ddeighton wrote 6 months ago: Inhabitat June 9, 2009 New York’s High Line Park in the Sky Opens Today! by <!––>Y … more →
What’s so great about passive design?
senterra wrote 6 months ago: Contemporary passive design strategies employ ancient wisdoms and innovative simulation technologies … more →
Blackburn greenbarns: visit our new Web site!
blackburnarch wrote 7 months ago: In recognition of Earth Day, my firm announced a new division in design called Blackburn greenbarns. … more →
Reducing the resource intensity of the built environment?
ddeighton wrote 9 months ago: Beautiful it may be but, this exercise in design shows complete ignorance of the future drivers of … more →
China's EcoBlocks
ddeighton wrote 9 months ago: EcoBlocks This post will describe the Eco Block concept and what the government will have to do to … more →
“passive survivability”, resource intensity and systems thinking
ddeighton wrote 9 months ago: Never was there such a sting in the tail of a basic primer on passive design. We think the ‘cr … more →
Passive Housing - a grand design?
ddeighton wrote 9 months ago: Passive Housing – a grand design? I always enjoy Kevin McLeod’s kindly but searching inq … more →
RMI & Fossil Ridge High School - reducing the resource intensity of creativity
ddeighton wrote 10 months ago: Fossil Ridge High School — Fort Collins, Colorado The design team for Colorado’s Fossil Ridge High S … more →
EQuilibrium™ Sustainable Housing Demonstration Initiative
ddeighton wrote 10 months ago: EQuilibrium™ Sustainable Housing Demonstration Initiative EQuilibrium™ is a national Sustainable Hou … more →
Practical Passive Solar Renovation - Part 1
ddeighton wrote 10 months ago: Complete article at http://campfire.theoildrum.com/node/5095 see also http://www.theoildrum.com/tag/ … more →
Solar Decathlon 2009
ddeighton wrote 10 months ago: The 2009 Solar Decathlon For three weeks in October 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy will host th … more →
College Unveils energy-efficient campus - for, or towards sustainability?
ddeighton wrote 10 months ago: ‘Upfront planning goes a long way when it comes to building for sustainability’ see belo … more →
