Tag: sustainable architecture
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Decorate Your Home In An Eco-Friendly Style And Reduce Carbon Footprint
This post is another in our guest blogger series. This one is from Leon White. Hope you find it as interesting and informative as I did. It is a common desire to create a living space which is comfortable and chic. However home furnishings can leave large carbon footprint which is very harmful for the…
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What Will They Think Of Next? How About Solar Roof Shingles.
The wonderful thing about real innovation in green technology is how simple they are. This short article about the development of solar energy roof shingles is a great example of what I mean here. Normally creation of solar energy generating panels requires the uses of rare earth metals which are becoming, rarer as time goes…
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3 Eco-friendly Types Of Wood For Woodworkers & Consumers
This post comes to us courtesy of a British company called Inwood. This is a company that makes wooden entrance gates and garage doors and from the look of their site, they are very good at it. These people work with wood and make beautiful things from it. But they are also quite sensitive to…
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30 of the World’s Most Impressive Social Housing Projects
This link comes from OGD friend Scarlett Jackson. It’s posted on a rather interesting blog called Best MSW Programs which is a guide finding the best Masters of Social Work programs. Social work in an of itself is related to sustainable practices, in that, for example, a number of new social housing projects are being…
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Top Ten Green Projects 2011
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Committee on the Environment (COTE) have selected the Top Ten Green Projects of 2011, examples of sustainable architecture and green design excellence. These projects will be recognized at …