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Landsec ‘greens’ Manchester £400m Mayfield scheme

Construction Enquirer

New plans for the Mayfield neighbourhood highlight the shift towards premium, sustainable office space in the best locations, as businesses adapt their workspace to attract talent and meet the changing needs of staff. It is only right that the buildings among it are just as focused on wellbeing and sustainability as the communities within.

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How Housing Design is Changing to Meet Buyers’ Needs

Pro Builder

Technology is also playing a major role in new home design with many buyers prioritizing efficiency and sustainability than ever before, Forbes reports. Remodeling Design. According to the report, consumers are seeking design that makes them feel cozy and calm—with organized and relaxed following close behind. Home Design.

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Remodel Green: Make Your House Serve Your Life

Natural Building

Remodel Green: Make Your House Serve Your Life is the second book in my series about green home building (the first was Rolling Shelter: Vehicles We Have Called Home ) and it chronicles much of the personal remodeling I have done over my life. This original blog from which this comes is [link]'

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Bundle Propane Generators & Appliances for More Affordable & Resilient Protection

Construction Business Owner

For example, a 20-kW generator, which normally puts out 82 amps, can bump to as much as 125 amps to start an air conditioner, although it can’t sustain that. Most of Camper’s customers live in rural areas and use propane to fuel their generators.

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Work at What You Love

Pro Builder

It’s the closest thing I’ve found to my brief and educational tenure as a college-aged gofer on a home remodeling crew. But I’ve been around enough builders, and have heard from hundreds more, to know that they, like all of us at times, get to a point where they ask if it’s all worth it. Is It All Worth It?

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A career in plumbing can lead to many paths | Sustainably Speaking

Contractor Magazine

Contact Us. Remodeling. Home > Blogs > Sustainably Speaking > A career in plumbing can lead to many paths. Sustainably Speaking. by Candace Roulo in Sustainably Speaking. During the experience, not one, but two service technicians came out to the condo to get us out of the mess we were in.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: HyperAdobe

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.