Tag: Energy Efficiency
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Zigloo Domestique is First Canadian Shipping Container Home
Residential designer, Keith Dewey, has designed what is considered to be the first shipping container building in Canada: a home in which he lives with his wife and daughter in Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia. Built on a 42 by 40 foot lot, the home comprises 2,000 square feet of living space and…
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Solar Screens Jump-Start Energy Efficient Actions
California-based BB Commercial Solutions (BBCS) believes eco-friendly solar shades and screens are considered a green window treatment because they help to lower emissions by creating a more comfortable environment without the use of heating and cooling systems.
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LEED Platinum Awarded to “Livable Sculpture” SoCal Home Workplace
Designed for private investor, Craig Ehrlich, by John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects, this 1,150 square foot single-family home was built on a lot that is adjacent to the Ehrlich family home that was designed by the same firm about ten years ago, which was built around a garden and featured a graywater recycling system, photovoltaic…
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Net-Zero Solar-Powered Start.Home Could Transform Green Home Building
Since ground broke on the Start.Home, the students who are designing and building the Stanford University entry in the 2013 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon have been learning their way around the construction site from five Carpenters Union instructors. CU is a Platinum-level project sponsor, joining other companies like DIRECTV, Intel, General Electric, Applied…
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A Room with a View: Lakeside Vermont Home Minimizes Overall Energy Load and Maximizes Solar Gain
Built with recycled and salvaged materials from a dilapidated and deconstructed cottage that was already present on the 0.35 acre lot, the west side of this 2,000 square foot home faces Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont. Sweeping views of the lake are broken only by a granite fireplace. Following the original footprint of the cottage,…