Tag: water efficiency
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My Top 10 Building Science and Energy Efficiency Ideas of 2015
Prime: prime Subtitle: A year-end review of the articles and ideas that made me think Images: The year 2015 is almost finished. I’ve written 70 articles in the Energy Vanguard Blog and this one makes 49 here at GBAGreenBuildingAdvisor.com. I’ve been to a bunch of conferences and talked to a lot of people. A lot…
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Mobile Tiny House With a View
Atlas is a new tiny house creation made by F9 Productions of Longmont, Colorado. They describe it as a tiny house/RV hybrid. It offers a spectacular view, which makes it appear much more spacious, and can also be taken completely off the grid. As such it would make a great vacation cabin, home office, guesthouse,…
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Net-Zero Community Completed In Seattle
With all the talk about the need for greater sustainability, it’s nice to things actually being done in that direction. Dwell Development has recently completed a small, sustainable home community called New Rainier Vista. This community is located in Seattle, WA and was created in collaboration with the architecture firm Julian Weber Architects. ‘ The…
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Off-the-Grid Floating Home
Living on a houseboat or floating home has always been a dream of mine, and this home, proposed in Germany, comes very close to what that dream home would look like. It’s beautiful to look at, and also completely self-sufficient, capable of creating its own power, water, and heat. The house is still in the…
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Cute Cabin Brings Dwellers Closer to Nature
I like spending as much time as I can outdoors, even if it is just sitting somewhere and writing, so I love house designs which minimize the separation between indoor and outdoor spaces. This tiny house, designed by cc-studio of Amsterdam is a great example of this. It’s called Thoreau’s Cabin, to honor American author…