Pro Builder

JANUARY 25, 2022

Housing's Incremental Innovation Path. housing industry is not innovative are, in a word, crap. And that’s coming from someone who has, through these pages and other channels, championed innovation as a necessary element of operational improvement and business sustainability for builders. Tue, 01/25/2022 - 02:01.

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Natural Building

AUGUST 30, 2020

When Cyclone Amphan tore through Bengal, India, Linus Kendall and Rupsa Nath’s house, built with mud, thatch and bamboo sustained minimal damage. Other houses in the vicinity suffered broken window panes or missing tin sheds, but their unique home stood tall. Linus Kendall shared these details about their house, built in 2017.

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BD+C

MARCH 2, 2023

The next steps for a sustainable, decarbonized future 0 qpurcell Thu, 03/02/2023 - 13:03 Sustainability For building owners and developers, the push to net zero energy and carbon neutrality is no longer an academic discussion. Tenants are demanding sustainable facilities.

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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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BD+C

JANUARY 10, 2024

Award-winning civic design firm RossDrulisCusenbery joins DLR Group DLR Group today announced the acquisition of Sonoma, California based civic and public safety design firm RossDrulisCusenbery (RDC). The addition of RDC adds focused design excellence of new building types to DLR Group’s global Justice+Civic studio.

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Natural Building

JUNE 14, 2020

Here is a list compiled by The Edge of Malaysia of eco-friendly alternative housing, Photo by Øyvind Holmstad. Finished off with plaster a straw bale house is airtight, pest-proof and fireproof, making it sturdy and impossible to be blown down. The natural beauty of a stone house is timeless and maintenance-free.

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Natural Building

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Designed by architect Paul Leech, whose other design work spans decades of environmentally-sensitive projects, the steeply-pitched building has 2,300 sq ft within, with some dramatically shaped rooms. This circulates warm water in the building, and is more efficient than electricity consuming air-to-water pumps.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

More Golf Homes Are Taking a Swing at Sustainability. Some homeowners enjoy their lake house, others have their cabin in Aspen, and some enjoy golf homes. These residential properties are linked to golf courses and interestingly enough, are seeing a surge in sustainable building practices, says the New York Times. cbroderick.

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Construction Enquirer

MAY 9, 2023

Magnox is ready to start a major decommissioning project to clean-up and demolish four ‘blower house’ superstructures that surround the Berkeley site’s two reactor buildings. Altrad has bagged a £31m contract for the design, asbestos removal, deplant, demolition and construction works in and around the blower houses.

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Natural Building

JUNE 24, 2020

Welcome to the Jungle House was designed by one of Australia’s champions of sustainable architecture, Clinton Cole. It was designed to attract attention,” said Mr Cole. It’s making a statement that sustainability can be integrated into the aesthetic of a very comfortable family home, and we couldn’t be happier with it.

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BD+C

AUGUST 17, 2023

How to design for adaptive reuse: Don’t reinvent the wheel 0 qpurcell Thu, 08/17/2023 - 09:52 Adaptive Reuse Gresham Smith demonstrates the opportunities of adaptive reuse, specifically reusing empty big-box retail and malls, many of which sit unused or underutilized across the country. Harvest the value of the existing space.

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Natural Building

AUGUST 14, 2021

I started out building hot-air solar collectors and designing root cellars with sunspaces on top. For those designs, I fed air to the root cellar via a 50-foot ground tube. It worked great, preserving food for winter, helping heating the house, and cooling the sunspace in the summer. I was hooked.”

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Pro Builder

JUNE 2, 2021

Opponents in the gas industry counter by citing the higher costs of making many homes fully electric, and pointing to the added security of having a second home energy source to heat and cook with during extreme weather events. Restaurant associations across the nation have raised concerns about going electric. Sustainability.

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Natural Building

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Ten years ago when Tim Kroeker’s last child finally graduated high school, he and his wife decided it was now or never to follow through on their many years-long dream of building a house…an alternative house…in “the country”. and helped friends follow their alternative house building dreams. passive solar design.

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Lets Build

JUNE 15, 2022

The increasing focus on green buildings is one of many areas where society is moving in the right direction, making whole-life sustainable buildings the only environmentally justifiable option for future construction projects. Mistakes from the past. We now know this material to be a leading contributor to CO2 emissions.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 12, 2021

How to design a 100-year home built to last. To ensure lasting sustainability and resilience in the face of inevitable climate crises, builders are meeting the comfort and safety concerns of homeowners acclimating to a changing environment. . If a roof fails in a tornado or a hurricane, the rest of the house is likely to fail with it.

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BRIKS Design-Build Group

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Sustainability is the trend in home design these days – and it’s not difficult to see why. 8 Sustainable Residential Roofing Options. Metal roofing is designed to withstand any weather condition. When it comes to sustainability, metal roofs are believed to be more energy efficient than their asphalt counterparts.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For example, after the second world war Prime Minister Winston Churchill saw the method as key to solving the UK’s housing crisis – which led to the construction of 150,000 prefabricated houses by 1951. Manufacturing off-site in a controlled environment is safer and more sustainable. Prefabrication has a very long history.

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Natural Building

JANUARY 10, 2021

The wildly successful Swedish company, Ikea , is seeking to move ecologically optimized tiny houses to the mainstream. These tiny houses, or trailers around 200 square feet, bear the company’s trademark airy and minimalist style and retail for around $50,000. Ikea’s tiny buildings emit zero pollution, including carbon.

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BD+C

MARCH 16, 2023

Andy Cohen, FAIA, IIDA Multifamily Housing Office Buildings Transit Facilities Coronavirus Urban Planning Many believe that cities are in trouble. They’re coming for the experiences that they can’t have anywhere else, through state-of-the-art technology, compelling amenities, and people-centered design. Signal House, Washington, D.C.

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BD+C

JUNE 17, 2013

Currently, commercial and residential buildings account for approximately 70% of the electricity consumption in the nation. The database strengthens the Department''s commitment to provide U.S.

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Natural Building

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Imagine a community where every home maintains a comfortable temperature without the use of electricity, built with local materials and aligned to maximize passive solar. These houses are also incredibly durable, having survived thousands of years. These standards force projects to conform to Western design principles.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Win-Win Scenarios for Residents and Property Managers 1 kcichowicz Fri, 09/29/2023 - 10:33 Multifamily Housing Discover how proptech is opening open new paths to revenue for owners and property managers, while bringing desirable amenities and conveniences for renters. Check out my thoughts on profitable, resident-centric proptech.

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Pro Builder

MARCH 18, 2021

High style and high performance go hand-in-hand in this year's annual show house. Drew Smith | Photos by Phil Kean Design Group. That process is just as applicable for custom/luxury homes such as TNAH 2021, as it is for production or community-scale housing. High-Performance Features That Set The New American Home 2021 Apart.

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Natural Building

FEBRUARY 11, 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

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The blocks can be produced locally and offer a way to build thermally comfortable houses in a fast, cheap, and efficient way. This system is particularly sustainable because of the materials used, its low carbon footprint, and the lack of need to introduce electrical cooling mechanisms to make it work. Bogotá, Colombia.

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Natural Building

MAY 27, 2013

Published in 2013 by Chelsea Green, The Greened House Effect: Renovating Your Home with a Deep Energy Retrofit , by Jeff Wilson, is a worthy read. As a media professional focused on sustainable architecture and a former builder, he brings considerable knowledge to the topic. This includes foundations, floors, walls and roofs.

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Pro Builder

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

At the International Advanced Building Skins (ABS) Conference & Expo in Bern, Switzerland, I spoke about quality assurance in home building and learned about a variety of new materials and applications that address production, quality, and sustainability. Bau-Biologie design principles. Aerogel Insulation. WHAT IS BAU-BIOLOGIE?

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Natural Building

APRIL 20, 2021

The smallholdings combine traditional farming and building techniques with the latest innovations in environmental design, green technology and permaculture. The residents of the ecovillage have come from all walks of life and their plots are individual expressions of sustainable living.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

APRIL 10, 2018

The incentive is available to designers and builders of local, state or federal building projects that are newly constructed or renovated. Specifically, 179D applies to the design and construction of HVAC, interior lighting and building envelope systems. per square foot. Promoting Energy-Efficient Construction. A Real-World Example.

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Natural Building

JULY 25, 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

MARCH 29, 2011

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

JUNE 17, 2014

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. Doing this can often save a lot of money, which I consider to be another sustainable attribute.

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Natural Building

JUNE 16, 2021

Witchcliffe Ecovillage in Western Australia will serve as home to around 700 people and be a model of sustainability for communities worldwide. Project co-founders and partners, Mike Hulme and Michelle Sheridan began the project with a plan to create “the most sustainable residential community possible”.

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 25, 2021

A ccording to the International Energy Agency (IEA), based on current policy settings and economic trends, electricity generation from renewables, including hydropower, wind and solar PV, is on track to grow by 8 percent in 2021 and by more than 6 percent in 2022. as measured by retail electricity produced and sold, serving more than 5.6

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CivilJungle

JULY 19, 2022

Here, turbines drive generators which generate electricity and after that electricity will be supplied to the cities. Also Read, All About Floating Houses | What Are Floating Houses | Type of Floating Houses | What Is Floating Building | Floating Architecture Examples. Geothermal Energy. Biomass Energy.

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Pro Builder

JUNE 10, 2021

The community will feature affordable housing, commercial space, and multifamily units. Each home will have solar panels, electric vehicle chargers, and high-performance features that limit the need for air conditioning, heating, and ventilation. Sustainability. Green Design. Read More. . Community Development.

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