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University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Monday, September 12, 2011
Living Light's solar house balances technology and modern design features with regional history and landscape to be of value to eco-conscious residents. The house caters to the needs of the planet and a growing population, using the sun's energy to...
Tags: solar, Green building, renewable energy, sustainable, architecture, Solar Decathlon, Tennessee, university of tennessee, zero energy, students
Thursday, September 01, 2011
We need to rethink the way that people live, redesigning the traditional family home to be much more sustainable in all aspects.
Tags: Department of Energy, solar, home, architecture, Building, Ohio, Solar Decathlon, students, colleges, family
ITAC, University of Utah
Monday, June 18, 2012
In 2008, the pink bark beetle, an invasive species, killed millions of trees in Colorado. From these dead trees, researchers at the University of Utah have created interlocking cross-laminated timber, a building material that doesn't require any...
Tags: Green, recycling, construction, architecture, Building, design, timber, Wood Products, Prefabrication, Green Building At Its Best
Monday, January 17, 2011
Hemp has been uses for thousands of years by mankind and until last century in the United States it was common place. Farmers could benefit easily cause it grows like a weed and needs no pesticide or fertilizer.
Tags: sustainability, food, oil, plastic, housing, hemp, green architecture, industrial hemp, fiber crop, no pesticides
Northwestern University
Thursday, April 27, 2017
A group of design thinking interns at the Kalu Yala Institute are imagining and implementing a new vision for communal living. But not everything is going quite as planned.
Tags: sustainable design, architecture, designing for change, kalu yala
George Washington University
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Now here's a money maker: Shake it and power this sustainable dance floor!
Monday, December 31, 2012
In today’s society, a new and innovative way to reduce the buildup of waste caused from construction is to use shipping containers within architecture.
Tags: Elon University
The George Washington University
Wednesday, March 07, 2018
We look to Snøhetta, a Norwegian architecture firm, to explore how we can build for the future by shaping society through culturally and environmentally responsive, and sustainable design.
Tags: built environment, architecture, green architecture, storyfest2018
Umpqua Community College
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
A group of natural builders was inspired to come to Standing Rock to help create permanent winterized structures for the water protectors opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline, while also demonstrating sustainable alternatives to modern building.
Tags: sustainable architecture, environmental sustainability, Alternative housing, natural building, storyfest2017
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
When an old building is torn down, the waste material is usually just carted off to a landfill. According to the American Society of Landscape Architects, this material can be used to create parks and other greenspace where old buildings once stood...