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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Magnesium.

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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. Green Electrical Contracting. View my complete profile. Responding to Catastrophe. Living Walls.

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Advanced Plating Creating 200 New Jobs In Tennessee

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The electroplating manufacturer will invest approximately $4 million to establish a new facility in Portland, TN. Read: Advanced Plating Creating 200 New Jobs In Tennessee at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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Issue 3: Structural design for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing Coordinate with the structural engineering team as you plan unit layouts, plumbing, and HVAC. The architectural layout of a residential unit is unlikely to align with the office framing concept. Portland, Ore. has adopted SFBC 503.11.1, enacted Title 24.85

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Making the Transition to Net Zero Homes: Product Design

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With that, designing and placing a home with a south-facing roof expanse (including that of the garage and covered balconies) is ideal for generating the most solar energy possible to supplement or replace utility-supplied electricity. The more perpendicular it is, the more intense energy you’ll get from the sun,” he says. . .

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Nature as the city: Why it’s time for a new framework to guide development

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Photo courtesy NBBJ The Introduction of New Habitat and Wildlife Corridors Cities including Portland and Oslo are exploring butterfly and bee highways and urban wildlife corridors to create safe habitat for birds, animals and other wildlife. These habitat interventions need to be connected across scale to be successful.

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Race to a Smart Future

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additionally will award up to $10 million to the winning city to support electric vehicle deployment and other carbon-emission reduction strategies. The finalists, announced at the South by Southwest (SXSW) tech and music fest, are: Austin, TX; Columbus, OH; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR; and San Francisco, CA.

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Seven Finalist Cities Chosen For Smart City Challenge

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The finalists are: Austin, TX; Columbus, OH; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR; and San Francisco, CA. announced its intent to award up to $10 million to the winning city to support electric vehicle deployment and other carbon emission reduction strategies. Source: USDOT. Allen’s Vulcan Inc.,