BaleHaus@Bath” was built with prefabricated panels filled with straw bales inside to carefully evaluate the natural material’s performance as a sustainable building component. Photo by the University of Bath A low carbon house made of straw bale panels continues to stand in the campus of the University of Bath after withstanding hurricane-like winds. The two-story [...]
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:- …… Related articles by Zemanta Solar-Vacation Campaign Promising To Homeowners Looking For Solar Electric Solution (prweb.com) Solar in South LA: Honoring MLK with [...]
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 to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]