Tag: Materials
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SHADE is Solar Home Adapting for Desert Equilibrium
Team ASUNM, a collaborative effort between Arizona State University and University of New Mexico, has come together to address the inefficiencies of urban sprawl and to create a model for sustainable desert living that has been dubbed SHADE (Solar Home Adapting for Desert Equilibrium), which is an entry in the Solar Decathlon 2013 competition that…
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Add Beauty and Efficiency to Your Home with LaCantina Doors
Last month, we posted an article about how to use interior sliding glass doors to increase home energy efficiencies in which we talked about how glass can add LEED points: Glass doors can contribute to achieving U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) ratings. Use of glass can add LEED points…
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Hawthorne EcoVillage Joins Minneapolis Green Homes Initiative
The city of Minneapolis, Minnesota has set a goal of building 100 energy-efficient homes during the next five years in an effort to revitalize neighborhoods in the northern region of the city that have been suffering the most during the economic downturn. Homes will be built on vacant, city-owned lots and will be priced between…
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ShelterKraft Werks Designs and Builds Sustainable Custom Shipping Container Homes
The Seattle-based home building company, ShelterKraft Werks, designs affordable homes that are configured around recycled shipping containers to provide solutions for global housing challenges with turn-key, low footprint structures that can be installed within any conceivable environment. The brainchild of Kai Schwarz, ShelterKraft Werks is a blend of what he has learned about architecture, engineering,…
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Prefab Lightwall Pavilion Features Glass Bottle Wall
Lightwall Pavilion, the winning submission to the 2012 ReSpace Design Competition, was designed by Abe Dreschler and Scott Hefner, architecture students at North Carolina State University. The multi-purpose structure is 213 square feet and is constructed of reclaimed wood from various sources and glass bottles obtained from restaurants and bars in downtown Raleigh. Sponsored by…