Tag: Green Roofs
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Cool roofs rising
Millions of dollars and massive amounts of fossil fuels are spent cooling homes and buildings covered by conventional roofs that absorb sunlight, get as hot as 185 degrees and radiate that heat …
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Green Roof At Penn. Children’s Hospital Contributes To Leed Potential
“Incorporation of natural spaces like green roofs helps Penn State Hershey fulfill our mission of providing comprehensive care to sick or injured children and their families, care that is focused on them and designed to help them heal not only physically, but spiritually and emotionally as well,” said Penn State Hershey Medical Center director of…
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Guest Post: Tips For A Successful Green Home Design
Also, the use of natural paints such as plant oils, mineral and extracts are highly recommended. If you choose other ordinary types of paints, you should always be keen on the VOC concentration level. Try as much as you can to select the zero-VOC paint or the low-VOC concentration option.
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Biting the Bullitt Center
In the second and final encore segment of Sustainable Industries’ one-on-one Q&A with ecosystem services expert Kevin Halsey, our interview subject gets specific about ecosystem services in the built environment through the lens of Seattle’s celebrated Bullitt Center, a candidate to meet the rigorous Living Building Challenge – not to mention it’s self-proclaimed status as the “greenest commercial…
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Sydney’s Waterloo Youth Center An Eye-Catching Renovation
Designers were tasked with turning an old public restroom facility into a contemporary community center, and succeeded, in part, by using the space up top. Thank you for your interest in this story. To read the rest of it, please visit EarthTechling. …