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World’s First Solar Powered Stadium in Taiwan

Taiwan has recently finished  construction of    a Solar- Powered Stadium  that will generate 100% of it’s electricity from Photovoltaic Technology  Designed by Toyo Ito, the 50,000 seat arena.See the pictures below:-
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Green Construction

There are a lot of builders that are jumping on the band wagon proclaiming their conversions to “Green” that are using the same products they used when “not green”. It reminds me of when so many food producers were claiming their products to be organic when the only organic product used was the diesel [...]

Future Green Highrise Building

The future of building technology is here and it’s full of holes. The Swiss cheese exoskeleton shell of COR, the first sustainable, mixed use condominium in Miami, Florida is a hyper-efficient smart skin simultaneously providing the building structure, thermal mass for insulation, shading for natural cooling, terrace enclosures, armatures for energy producing turbines, and loggias [...]

Less Blue — More Green

The summer months are the peak for water use, and the water bills prove it.
Homeowners want to keep their lawns lush and green despite scorching temperatures.
The piles of sweaty clothes in the laundry room reappear each day, and the layer of dust on the car keeps coming back no matter how many times you wash [...]