Tag: Materials
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GreenRock Permeable Pavement Showcased at VISION House Los Angeles
Recently, Green Builder Media released a video of its president, Ron Jones, being shown the permeable pavement solution from GreenRock as demonstrated by Mark Sapiro, Co-CEO of Structure Home at VISION House Los Angeles. VISION House Los Angeles is a demonstration home that was developed by Green Builder Media in partnership with Structure Home to…
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Upsalite — New Material Possessing Record-Breaking Surface Area And Water Adsorption Abilities
Upsalite — an incredible new material possessing record-breaking surface area and water adsorption abilities, was recently discovered by researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden. The material — according to the researchers — should allow for drastic reductions in the total amount of energy needed to control environmental moisture in the electronics and drug formulation industries,…
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EcoNest Intensive Workshop Teaches Green Building with Clay, Straw, and Timber
The Oregon-based EcoNest Company is the manifestation of an holistic design concept that being implemented in the construction of homes using straw-clay walls, earth plasters, and non-toxic, natural finishes. The concept as a company encompasses Paula Baker-Laporte, FAIA and Robert Laporte, and has grown to become a resource for home building workshops and seminars, design…
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Metal-Wrapped UC Davis West Village is Largest Planned Net Zero Community
Sustainably-designed and featuring over 40,000 linear feet of wall, roof, and canopy that is covered in panels from Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation, the country’s largest planned net zero energy community is UC Davis West Village, a 205-acre project that will be home to 662 apartments and 343 single-family homes, along with commercial and recreational facilities.…
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New-Age Cement Made from Recycled Fly Ash
VHSC Cement produces Pozzoslag 1.2 using coal fly ash as a raw material through its patented reactor system, which uses both physical and chemical means to create a new cementitious material. Developed to overcome the early set time issues that have historically hindered the use of higher volumes of fly ash and slag in many…