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• Self-sufficient Cliff House puts renewable sources of energy to best use

  
  Green Diary — Authority: 489
  Altius Architecture Inc. has done a tremendous job in embellishing a hilly cliff in Northern Ontario, Canada, with an empathizing structure, dubbed as the Cliff House. Certain passive and active systems have joined forces to allow it embrace sustainability. The completely off-grid construction, facing a lake, touts ...
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• Berlin Gardens Threatened by Construction

  
  Urban Garden Casual — Authority: 103
  By Vanessa Richins Germany has been leading the way in urban gardening for many years. They started the current trend of green roofs back in the 1960s. Michigan State University’s Green Roof Research Program states that “It is estimated that 12% of all flat roofs in that country are green and the German ...
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• Green roofs could reduce carbon build ups in large cities

  
  disassociated.com — Authority: 146
  A study has found the US city of Detroit could significantly reduce levels of carbon dioxide if it turned all of its building roof top areas into gardens , or green roofs, an idea all major towns and cities across the globe could also consider. The city has 219 acres of roof space that could be used for green ...
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• Sunset Park

  
  seeding the city — Authority: 106
  At the fabulous UPROSE in Sunset Park!
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• Clinton Hill/Bed Stuy border

  
  seeding the city — Authority: 106
  At the Co-Op School in Clinton Hill/Bed Stuy…
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• More in Williamsburg!

  
  seeding the city — Authority: 106
  We added some green to the play area on the roof of a Williamsburg pre-school…
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• Oak Park Garage Exudes Style and Sustainability

  
  Green Building : Jetson Green — Authority: 466
  Tom Bassett-Dilley recently sent us these photos of his prototype green garage on a 30 wide lot in south Oak Park, Illinois.  The garage was built with FSC-certified lumber, a salvaged concrete slab, locally produced recycled content steel siding, and salvaged cedar siding.  Theres also a Live Roof green roof, ...
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• Elementary school / Hamonic + Masson architects

  
  ArchDaily — Authority: 645
  © Hervé Abbadie Architects: Hamonic + Masson architects Location: Paris, France Project Team: Gaëlle Hamonic, Jean-Christophe Masson, Marie-Agnès de Bailliencourt, Violette Sirot, Katharina Thielmann, Anne-Lise Leymarie Landscape Architects: Gilot / Mandel Engineering and quantity surveyors: Sibat ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Greenhouse FX: Episode 1 “Solar 1.01″

  
  Go Solar Power For Homes — Authority: 440
  First webisode in the 5-part series. Two sisters do a green make over on their house and get a lesson in solar power. Duration : 0:2:41 Technorati Tags: comedy , Entertainment , environment , Green , green roof , home makeover , Solar , solar panels , Solar-energy , Solar-Power
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• Green roofs to prevent sewerage overflow

  
  Queens Crap — Authority: 552
  From the Huffington Post : CSOs are the single biggest source of pathogens for many urban bodies of water. The warning bells about sewers and the insufficient infrastructure have been ringing for decades. Though not the best for holiday table talk, it is critical that there is more discussion about new solutions in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Up on the Rooftop, Ideas Pause

  
  FoodShed Planet — Authority: 403
  So I was standing there on the grass which I never really finished push-reel-mowing back in October (and, by the way, Im now thinking of not giving up on that). I looked up at the men on my roof ripping asphalt shingles and tossing them onto blue tarps that are over my garden, which now surrounds three sides of my ...
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• Green Roofs – Bringing Nature Back to Town

  
  Biodiversity and Ornithology in Ireland — Authority: 122
  Green Roof Ardmore Originally uploaded by Mike Maunsell Green Roofs have become a very important component of sustainable urban development within the last 30 years. Growing environmental awareness and the striking economical and ecological advantages are the driving forces for this great success. At ...
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• Green roof creator recycles environment — and himself

  
  Nevada's Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology - Nevada's Business Starts Here — Authority: 135
  Tim Elam’s yard at his southwest Reno home is a spectacular homage to the concept of recycling. The bricks in his walkways and patios are from buildings scrapped during downtown’s renovation. The driveway is made of broken-up sidewalks, fashioned like cobblestones. His wife’s greenhouse is entirely made ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Daily Five: Friday, 04 December, 2009

  
  EcoTech Daily — Authority: 125
  Cheapest Car to Go Hybrid; Google to Move Into Clean Energy; CMT-380 plug-in diesel hybrid supercar; Boosting Biofuels; Thermeleon roof tiles Tata Nano: World’s Cheapest Car to Go Hybrid Not sure if this is at all necessary, but hey – who am I to judge? If all goes according to plan, the ultra-cheap hybrid ...
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• Green dreams for social space

  
  Gardenvisit.com Blog — Authority: 416
  The greentainer project by Exposure architects  demonstrates the innovative social potential of relatively simple green roof spaces. By importing a modern green house to function as a flexible space for art exhibitions, soirees etc the social use of a roof garden space can be enhanced without detracting from the ...
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• Camp Twin Lakes Treehouse for differently abled has green roof, solar array

  
  Green Diary — Authority: 489
  Decked with 1.4 kW solar arrays, a 1,700 square-foot roof garden, and domed skylights, the wheelchair accessible treehouse at Camp Twin Lakes in Rutledge, Georgia, will surely be an edifying experience for differently abled kids. Amy Leathers from Lord, Aeck & Sargent wished to transform the treehouse into an ...
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• New Camp Twin Lakes Treehouse Outfitted with Solar Array, Green Roof

  
  Green Building : Jetson Green — Authority: 466
  Kids with special illnesses, disabilities, and other challenges received a new toy this summer at Camp Twin Lakes in Rutledge, Georgia.  Designed by Amy Leathers, senior associate at Lord, Aeck & Sargent , the treehouse serves as a play area and educational space for learning about nature and sustainability.  ...
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• MAD Architects’ Urban Forest Skyscraper For China

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 728
  Inspired by mountainous Chinese landscapes and the traditional villages built their hillsides, MAD Architects has unveiled plans to create a towering vertical Urban Forest. Designed for Chongqing, China, the projects consists of a stacked vertical forest set in the heart of the city, designed to bring more nature ...
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• A LEED Gold Green Building Laboratory

  
  Green Building : Jetson Green — Authority: 466
  Ann Arbor, Michigan architectural firm A3C has turned its building into a showcase for a number of green building components, and managed to produce a LEED-CI Gold renovation of the existing two-story building while they were at it.  The firm wanted to have a showcase for a variety of green building options, as ...
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• Green Roof (watercolor 6x8) $75

  
  A Painting On Some Days — Authority: 114
  The late afternoon sunlight hit this old house just right and made some nice patterns. It caught my eye and I to work fast! "Green Roof" old house watercolor november chill watertown tennessee About This Painting: The late afternoon sunlight hit this old house just right and made some nice patterns. It caught ...
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