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. The Sky City village in the Pueblo of Acoma, atop a mesa 60 miles west of Albuquerque, New Mexico is such a community. image from Britanica.com.
Natural Building
OCTOBER 23, 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
AUGUST 10, 2021
A community of roughly 80 homes in the high desert of northern New Mexico has hosted an ongoing experiment in sustainable construction for half a century. The post New Mexico Earthship Community appeared first on Natural Building Blog. The community itself they call the “Greater World”.
Natural Building
DECEMBER 24, 2020
Some of their priorities: natural and sustainable building materials, as much as possible. A visit to their home in New Mexico (they have since relocated to Oregon) and participating in an EcoNest workshop build in Ontario sealed their decision. passive solar design. nurturing, aesthetically and otherwise.
The Korte Company
AUGUST 17, 2018
While juggling sustainability and profitability at the same time is a challenge, construction companies can help owners achieve both by implementing green construction principles. What characteristics of the property and its environment can be leveraged to make the building more sustainable? Sustainable return on investment.
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
OCTOBER 23, 2012
One of Pittsburgh’s top regional strengths is its Information and Communications (ICT) industry, which includes nearly 1,600 ICT firms with more than 26,000 employees and 6,000 computer and electrical engineers. A renewable energy study published by Ernst & Young in February 2012 ranked New Mexico No.
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
APRIL 8, 2014
Since the onset of shale gas production, Pennsylvania businesses and homeowners have benefited from a 50 percent decline in natural gas prices and a corresponding 40 percent reduction in the cost of electricity. Wind energy is now the fifth-largest electricity source in the U.S., Wind power in the U.S. The expansion will?be
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