Tag: Energy Efficiency
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KYOCERA and VGI Energy Bring Solar Power to Affordable Multi-Family Housing in Chicago
Kyocera Solar Inc. announced today that it is supplying Kyocera solar modules and MyGen Pro installation systems to VGI Energy for affordable, multi-family housing units in urban Chicago. VGI’s retrofitted buildings throughout Chicago have been outfitted with 20kW rooftop solar arrays, providing electricity from the clean, renewable energy of the sun and contributing to VGI’s…
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Greenfab Features Latest Green Modular Home at International Builders Show
Last month, Seattle homebuilder, Greenfab, showcased two of its green, prefab modular, home designs at the International Builders Show in Las Vegas. Almost 7,000 people visited the two homes that were set up outside of the main entrance. It took only five hours to complete the initial installation of the 2100 and 2300 Series homes,…
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Residents of The Q Experience Luxurious James Bond Lifestyle with Solar Power
“The Q” is an apartment building in the Little Italy neighborhood of San Diego, California (Jonathan Segal FAIA & Development Company), so named after the gadget-inventing character, Q, of James Bond movie fame. A gross square footage of 90,000 houses 29 residential units, between 400 and 1,900 square feet a piece, along with underground parking.…
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The World’s Greenest Commercial Building Now Leasing for Spring 2013 Opening
Seattle’s Bullitt Center, a project of the Bullitt Foundation, has been designed to take the spot as the most energy efficient commercial building on the planet and put Seattle on “the forefront of the green building movement,” according to the project’s website. With the first floor already leased to the International Living Future Institute and…
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A House for All Seasons: D*Haus 8-in-1 Modular is a House for All People
Experimental design and architectural firm, D*Haus Company, takes their inspiration for the creation of structures, furniture, and lighting from mathematics, most specifically from Henry Ernest Dudeney, the mathemetician who figured out how to evolve a perfect square into an equilateral triangle. Their D*Haus modular homes demonstrate their belief that ideas “can help improve and inspire…