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Are Adobe Houses Sustainable?

Natural Building

This is sustainable because the materials have low embodied energy, are locally abundant, and can create energy-efficient buildings. Adobe houses are usually built on a solid foundation, constructed from stone, cement, or even seashells. The post Are Adobe Houses Sustainable? appeared first on Natural Building Blog.

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Lawsuit over First LEED Platinum Building is Over

Green Building Law Update

I wrote an earlier bog post, Litigation over First LEED Platinum Building Comes to an End , when on July 23, 2015, parties in the lawsuit The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc., In the spirit of Paul Harvey’s “The Rest of the Story” radio program, the key players in this case were: Chesapeake Bay Foundation was the owner of the project.

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3 Megatrends Transforming the Future of Construction

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Sustainability: A Shift Towards a Circular Economy. Sustainability is the first megatrend to discuss as the world looks for ways to help protect the environment and become more efficient and sustainable. To become sustainable, the culture of construction has to change into one of a circular economy.

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Expanding the exterior footprint

Construction Specifier

Along with iconic European multi-mode transit stations, outdoor malls and open-air markets, Olsen cites the Ford Foundation Building’s atrium as a stellar example of ‘mid-doors.’ In the mid-90s, the Ford Foundation building was named a New York City Landmark.”. Human performance meets architectural performance.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Adobe Homes.

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.

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How Industrialized Construction Is Changing the Way We Build   

Autodesk Construction Cloud

One way to dramatically improve productivity for construction and improve sustainability is to “productize” building systems and common building elements to enable the use of manufacturing methods, enable scale, and increase sustainability – these concepts are the core of Industrialized Construction (IC). . And in Boston,?

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Modular Building as an Emerging Construction Industry Choice

Constructonomics

For many projects, grading and laying of the foundation can take upwards of a year, or more. are constructed off-site in a protected factory-style setting, the fabrication of the building itself can be started at the same time that foundation is being formed onsite.