Tag: Architecture
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Siemens Launches Smart City Project In Vienna, Austria — Aspern
Vienna, Austria will soon be home to a large smart city pilot project — one which will create a multifunctional urban district that features intelligent power grids, power supply, building systems, and communication technologies, which all work together within the Aspern region of Vienna. The project officially began on July 3 with the creation of…
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A Journey Throught the Natural Building Techniques: Cob
Hopefully, through my last articles, I’ve created a curiosity in many of you about the creative world of Natural Building. But before you decide to march off into your backyard, stick a shovel into the ground, and start building your very own cob cottage, it’s a good idea to have an understanding of what cob…
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Rooftop Solar Array on University Park Elementary School Will Generate Clean Energy and Revenue for Town and County Public Schools
This story about an elementary school solar array in University Park, MD provides a good example of how shared clean energy can benefit more than one user, environmentally and financially.
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Guest Post: PVC’s Resilience and Its Foreseeable Future
In the 1960s Dustin Hoffman movie, “The Graduate,” a man hoisting a drink at a cocktail party declares to a business associate: “The future’s in plastic.” As time marched on, it turned out these words were absolutely correct, whether or not you happen to like the material, and the chemical formulations that make the material…
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Why Custom Home Builders Favour Rammed Earth Construction
If there is one method of building a green home that has gained popularity among custom homebuilders, it is rammed earth construction. This construction method is not necessarily new, having been used by various civilisations in the past. Today, many designers and builders favour its use because of its natural beauty, versatility and numerous other…