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• Design review board meeting for new apartments to border Lower Queen Annd & South Lake Union

  
  Queen Anne View — Authority: 441
  There will be a meeting at the Queen Anne Community Center at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 20 to present design information for a proposed seven-story apartment building at 717 Dexter Ave N and hear public comment. The 99-unit structure will have 1,325 sq. ft. of retail space and two live/work units at ground level ...
  3 days ago

• Efficient Steel Building Design Drafting, Steel Building Engineering

  
  PR Friend Press Releases — Authority: 154
  OSTD is India-based steel building design consultant specializing in offering wide range of Steel Building design, drafting and drawing services to its clients across the continents. Jointly working with your engineers, our production technicians and drafters prepare technical sheets and drawings required for ...
  6 days ago

• Of Monkyspheres and Microhoods: Collective Urban Living for the 21st Century

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 641
  by Kurt McCullochWhen I was 18 years old, I voluntarily sequestered myself for nine-months on a narrow strip of rugged volcanic coastline on a tiny island in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. For almost a year, I worked, slept, ate, and socialized inside an area bounded by mountains and the sea. Everything ...
  1 week ago

• Autodesk Launches Online RETROFITS Game to Build Awareness About Green Building Issues

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 641
  The California-based software design firm Autodesk recently launched an online game, called RETROFITS , to help educate everyone--from industry professionals to teachers, parents and students --about green building issues.
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• Interior Design Suggestions To Freshen Up Your Residence

  
  blabstr.com — Authority: 161
  Your residence can be given a new feel by altering its interior design, but keeping within the budget is mostly a serious concern with people. Here are some suggestions which will enable you make some refreshing alterations to your interiors without ruining your budget.
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• Buildings that Repair Themselves, “Growing Architecture” (Video)

  
  Sensing Architecture by Maria Lorena Lehman — Authority: 120
  Many of the materials that we use in architecture today are rather static. For this reason, some buildings and even cities suffer. Venice, for instance, is sinking. The good news; however, is that people like Rachel Armstrong are coming up with new and innovative solutions — like architecture constructed from living ...
  2 weeks ago

• Learn to Walk in Your Occupant’s Shoes, Think “Shopping Experience”

  
  Sensing Architecture by Maria Lorena Lehman — Authority: 120
  Image: kamikazecactus | Flickr When you design an architectural space, are you concerned with how you might push or pull your occupant while they travel through it? What about when they are standing still? Your occupant’s frame of reference serves to balance them — and you, as the architect, can really play ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Decade of Energy Star Buildings

  
  Greener Buildings — Authority: 478
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys Energy Star program celebrates its 10th anniversary with this report on its achievements.
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• A Decade of Energy Star Buildings

  
  GreenBiz.com Green Business News — Authority: 565
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys Energy Star program celebrates its 10th anniversary with this report on its achievements.
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• A Decade of Energy Star Buildings

  
  ClimateBiz.com — Authority: 443
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys Energy Star program celebrates its 10th anniversary with this report on its achievements.
  2 weeks ago

• Hope-nhagen, Cope-nhagen or Nope-nhagen?

  
  Greener Buildings — Authority: 478
  As all eyes are on Copenhagen for these two weeks. It seems the three main perspectives on a global climate solution are: Hope, Cope and Nope.
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• Lofty Reuse: Green Apartments Where Bono and Bowie Went Gold

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 601
  Recycled surfboard backsplash and tankless water heater in cool eco-kitchen. Tiles made of recycled skateboards create a kitchen sink backsplash, electric car charging are installed in each parking spot. There are also dual flush toilets and re-claimed Black Forest Walnut -- among the many green design elements at ...
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• Straw Bale Home Building Primer

  
  Raisingspaces — Authority: 99
  So you want to build your own straw bale home.  You’ve seen them in green home building books and on TV shows, you saw green home builders wax poetic about their homes low impact on the environment and connection to the local ecology.  You’ve researched all the possible alternative home building techniques and ...
  2 weeks ago

• A New Way to Improve Quality of Life for Seniors: Excellent DVD Series (with a discount for us!)

  
  Therapeutic Landscapes Network Blog — Authority: 112
  Five years ago, Susan Rodiek embarked on a project to create a series of DVDs about providing better access to nature for older adults. Rodiek, a professor at Texas A & M Universitys Center for Health Systems & Design , specializes in senior populations, and access to nature has long been a focus for her ...
  3 weeks ago

• RedBuilt Engineered Wood Products Attain FSC Certification

  
  Greener Buildings — Authority: 478
  The Forest Stewardship Council has awarded chain-of-custody certifications for RedBuilt engineered wood products that are manufactured at the companys plants in Chino, Calif., and Stayton, Ore.
  3 weeks ago

• 8 Steps for Better Management of Green Design and Construction Risks

  
  Greener Buildings — Authority: 478
  Realizing the "green" in green building requires new approaches to managing design and construction risks. Property owners, developers and investors who address these challenges from the start can take better advantage of the opportunities presented by green building projects.
  3 weeks ago

• The Importance of Making Safety a Cornerstone of Sustainable Buildings

  
  Greener Buildings — Authority: 478
  Going green means nothing when safety is not a priority. The opening of CityCenter in Las Vegas and a soon-to-be released study that will appear in The American Journal of Industrial Medicine highlight the importance of safety in the workplace.
  3 weeks ago

• Planter Bricks

  
  Fabbaloo — Authority: 428
  This one seems so obvious to us now after seeing it, but originality always comes from those who are the first to invent something. This time its a special brick used to hold vegetation, and you can see various styles in the image above. The bricks were designed by San Fratello Architects, who explain: The planter ...
  3 weeks ago

• Do We Need a Compass or a Map to Find Our Way to Sustainability?

  
  Greener Buildings — Authority: 478
  Im reading Gavin Menzies fascinating book "1421" and was thinking about the challenges of early explorers: How do you get somewhere without a compass or a map? And if you could have only one, which would you prefer?
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• 10 Things That Make a Great Green City (Slideshow)

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 601
  Green space is essential to the health of a city and its people. Photo of Gülhane Park in Istanbul by Jennifer Hattam . With 180,000 people moving to the worlds cities every day, 75 percent of the global population is expected to be living urban lives by 2050. That concentration makes cities massive contributors to ...
  3 weeks ago

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