Natural Building

MARCH 24, 2021

This is sustainable because the materials have low embodied energy, are locally abundant, and can create energy-efficient buildings. Historically, in dry environments where wood was scarce and adobe popular, vaulted or domed brick roofs were used. This process keeps energy consumption low in hot, dry environments.

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Construction Marketing

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Construction companies that use less energy also reduce their business’s carbon footprint and create sustainability throughout the business’s practices. Using natural light can save on energy usage during the day; natural lighting can also create a comfortable work environment.

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Natural Building

MAY 6, 2020

Gauri Satam and Tejesh Patil have joined forces to found unTAG, a Mumbai-based architectural and interior design firm that believes in building sustainable homes. They have worked on around 40 environmentally and economically sustainable projects so far. “As Tejesh Patil has always been fascinated by energy-efficient designs.

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Natural Building

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Many architects thought of joining this movement of making only sustainable, highly energy-efficient buildings, but it mostly remained a romantic vision. The young architect duo Areen Attari and Shahveer Irani of Mumbai say, “We base our house designs on the surrounding environs.” None of them have inherited the trade.

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Natural Building

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The Helderberg Nature Reserve will provide benefits include education, recreation, tourism, job creation and skills development. It is designed to be carbon-neutral, and the materials were carefully selected in an effort to respect the natural environment. These walls are compacted with sledgehammers to form a solid base.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 14, 2016

I do not claim any particular business marketing prowess, but Greenbuild has been the number one source of new clients for my sustainability and green building law practice! And Greenbuild is sustainable. Greenbuild 2016 in LA will be “the” target rich environment for green people this year. So register today.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

JANUARY 7, 2015

Art Rouse’s blog for subcontractors. in Charlotte, NC, writes a refreshing blog reflecting the values and focus of sustainable, successful subcontractors. Although the blogging frequency isn’t too high, I think this is still a worthy entry in the 2015 Best Construction Blog competition.

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Natural Building

AUGUST 3, 2020

Professor Janis Birkeland is an honorary professor at the University of Melbourne who has taught sustainable planning and architecture at several universities. Previously, she worked as a planner, architect, and lawyer in San Francisco to gain insights into the impediments to sustainability. Is this really progress?

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

It is a given that each year Greenbuild is “the” target rich environment for networking with others across the environmental industrial complex and for learning about what is new from the U.S. I will write more about the 2018 IgCC in this blog next week. I will write more about HPDs on this blog in the coming days.

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Natural Building

APRIL 14, 2021

Lingro Permaculture Eco Retreat, located in Uttarakhand, is a permaculture based sustainable community living and educational center. Their vision is both conserving the culture and protecting the environment. The post More from Brzee Studio in India appeared first on Natural Building Blog.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 30, 2017

Nor can I promise you will find the balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence at Greenbuild, but Greenbuild has been a prime source of new clients for my sustainability and green building law practice (. okay, this blog is actually our number 1 source of new clients, but Greenbuild is second)! Actually my first U.S.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

AUGUST 31, 2022

With rising material costs, new sustainability standards, the growing need for skilled laborers, and an influx of construction technology to manage the project lifecycle, the industry is at a tipping point. . Let’s meet the Insiders and learn what they’re passionate about and what fresh perspectives they’ll bring to the blog.? .

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Natural Building

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

During her time in school, she collaborated with community-based projects and organizations working for empowerment and sustainability. The following is a recent blog post that Laura made at www.plenitudpr.org. The post The Transformative Power of Natural Building appeared first on Natural Building Blog.

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Natural Building

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Raw earth with other materials left to dry and harden under the sun has sustained the test of time. It is time for innovative sustainable techniques that compliment ancient earthen structures like this while improving its overall strength and durability. billion people across the globe living in earthen homes.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Readers of this blog will be interested in what this thought leader in the green building movement has to say. Professionally, I learned early in my career from people who applied the concept of stewardship to everything they do – whether it’s volunteer leadership, politics, the environment or industry.”.

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Natural Building

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Up to this point, their project had been conducting workshops on sustainable farming in partnership with the 1,000,000-tree project. The techniques these farmers learned were successfully implemented in their villages with great benefit to the environment and health of these communities. Click here to hear the podcast.

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Natural Building

AUGUST 18, 2010

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.

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Natural Building

MAY 14, 2021

Given the harsh desert environment, Kellogg focused on sustainable elements, and oriented the ellipse-shaped building to filter out sunlight, maximize air flow and wind throughout the series of 10 classrooms and computer center, while also utilizing a passive solar cooling strategy. “I

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Natural Building

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The builders seeks to introduce shared housing which is built and occupied with respect for the environment. New things about sustainability get discovered all the time, where we can we incorporate these into the existing domes and where we can’t we ensure they will be included in the next designs.

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Natural Building

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Biomimetic design is a tool to solve sustainability problems. The Smart Forest City Cancun is a 557-ha sustainable city that intends to generate more energy than it consumes, clean the water, and sequester carbon dioxide with its 7.5 The post Better Design Through Biomimicry appeared first on Natural Building Blog.

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Natural Building

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

“Horse Island is a resource and an experience we want to share with the Yale community,” said Skelly, a Professor of Ecology at the Yale School of the Environment. It’s completely self-sustaining,” Organschi said. The post Yale Students Build a Regenerative Building on Horse Island appeared first on Natural Building Blog.

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Natural Building

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The opportunity for them to build their new home was implemented by the Foundation for Indigenous Sustainable Health (FISH), which has been working with locals to teach the skills of how to make an earthbag home. “And it has also been designed specifically for the environment for which it is situated.

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Natural Building

OCTOBER 16, 2019

People like sustainability,” Tasker said. Another sustainable feature of the houses will be a rainwater capture system that will collect 600 gallons for every inch of rain. The post Straw Bale Houses in Southern California appeared first on Natural Building Blog. So the building project is also a teaching site.

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Natural Building

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Architect Nathan Good’s clients wanted a home “that would be healthy to live in with a dramatically reduced impact on the environment.”. Towering incense cedar tree trunks, cut from a sustainable forest in Northern California, serve as captivating pillars. Cherrywood was used to make the kitchen island, cabinets and china hutch.

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Natural Building

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Since then, she has worked on projects focusing on alternative, regenerative, ecological forms of natural building that use sustainable technology and design. She believes that earthen works are transformative from the initial design and concept stages, immortal in many ways, healing to the environment as well as to the builder and resident.

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Natural Building

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

They are inviting the natural building community & friends of the movement to join them Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 27th-29th to learn from 22 world class presenters with 20+ hours of content, including opportunities to engage in a digital Community Marketplace, digital networking & social environments, and more unique offerings.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

AUGUST 15, 2023

Additionally, the construction has made significant strides in sustainability and inclusivity, so professionals can contribute to a greener future while enjoying a more diverse work environment. Amarnath, as the Head -- BIM, was responsible for implementing a common data environment (CDE) across the Sobha Group organization.

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Natural Building

JULY 21, 2009

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.

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Natural Building

DECEMBER 24, 2019

She called up her structural engineer on an educational-building project and asked if they could swap out some of the cement in their mix for fly ash. A common complaint among sustainability leaders in the battle to draw down embodied carbon emissions is that they’re hard to measure, certainly more so than energy usage. he recalls.

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ENR Construction

JULY 24, 2012

Environment. Sustainability. Earn Continuing Education Credits. Description: A Smart Cities market is emerging on a global scale that dwarfs any previous notion of the value given to data about the built environment. & receive immediate web access $82 a year (includes full web access)-->. Transportation. Slideshows.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JANUARY 23, 2014

Technology-rich cities that took early advantage of technology trends and provide fertile environments for innovation: San Francisco (1), Austin (7), San Jose (9), Boston (17) and Seattle (18). New England Washington Blog-Jan-2014 City Momentum Index Davos Lones Lang LaSalle' Far West U.S. - Mid Atlantic U.S. -

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Natural Building

MAY 2, 2021

Blair Phillips, founder of Abuela Gardens, has a BA in Environmental Studies with an emphasis in Agroecology and education. Settling into the hills of Willits in 2012 inspired Blair to develop an intimate relationship with the watershed, designing his farm and homestead based on a regenerative relationship with the surrounding environment.

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Natural Building

MAY 24, 2021

Te Kura Whare is as much about community building, and hope as it is about guardianship of the environment. The post A “Living Building” Reflects Indigenous Values in New Zealand appeared first on Natural Building Blog. hoe history. Te Kura Whare, and all that it stands for, is an integral part of that process.

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Natural Building

JUNE 18, 2020

Stanzin Phuntsog (24) and Samyuktha S (29) are from the opposite ends of India, but they share a vision for sustainable architecture that is natural, eco-friendly, community-driven and hands-on. Stanzin discovered his love for architecture, community building and natural materials at SECMOL, an alternative education center.

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GCP Applied Technologies

JUNE 1, 2018

while the concrete mixed in the truck (not in a lab or other controlled environment). Less coal may be great for the environment, but not so good for your balance book absorbing the heightened costs of a more expensive or less effective SCM. Sustainability. verifi blog hero 5 - ready-mix truck rolling into the clouds.

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 17, 2012

Environment. Sustainability. Earn Continuing Education Credits. & receive immediate web access $82 a year (includes full web access)-->. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams. Rebuilding Japan. Gulf Oil Spill. Building Types. Construction Methods. Haiti Reconstruction.

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 6, 2012

Environment. Sustainability. Earn Continuing Education Credits. & receive immediate web access $82 a year (includes full web access)-->. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams. Rebuilding Japan. Gulf Oil Spill. Building Types. Construction Methods. Haiti Reconstruction.

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