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| Article Title | Author | Company | eMag Issue | Article Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEED Standards and the Global Carbon Market | Jem Porcaro | The CarbonNeutral Company | Oct 2011 |
Research has shown that LEED buildings consume over 25% less energy, have 13% lower maintenance costs, 27% higher occupant satisfaction and a 33% reduction in GHG emissions compared to the average commercial building. |
| Octopus Diagrams and Buckminster Fuller's Design Challenge | L Michael Hohmann | LMH Design | Feb 2011 |
Sustainability is the Grand Unifying Theory for finding the Ultimate Answers to Life, Universe and Everything --- and the answer for Earthlings is Sunshine --- All else is Moonshine. |
| The Many Faces of Green in Architecture | Henry Yorke Mann | Henry Yorke Mann Architect | Aug 2009 |
Much is made these days of attaching the word śgreenť to products and/or buildings as a means of promoting a product or building in the market place even though the greenness or sustainability may be tenuous at best. I believe it is timely to make clear and to discriminate as to just exactly what do we really mean when we refer to a building as being green as well what kind of green are we referring to. We are all not talking about the same green therefore I wish to examine what I see as the main categories of śgreenť. |
| Will the UK House Building Industry rise to the Carbon Challenge? | The Construction Centre | The Construction Centre | Aug 2007 |
The Government recently announced the launch of their “Carbon Challenge” which aims to create five zero carbon or near carbon developments throughout the UK in order to provide working examples to the building industry. The idea is to encourage house builders to implement good building practices in order to meet the 2016 CO2 emissions targets. |
| Greenroofs benefits outweigh costs, even in desert environment. | Steve Clemens | United Business Institutes | Aug 2007 |
The only severe downsides of having greenroofs in a desert climate are cost of installing it, and then the water use for irrigation. But as we'll see, the water needed for irrigation is more than covered by available greywater. |
| The Renewable Energy Centre Discusses the Future of Water Recycling | The Renewable Energy Centre | The Renewable Energy Centre | Jun 2007 |
With ever increasing temperatures, less rainfall and a summer hosepipe ban a likely possibility this year, The Renewable Energy Centre discusses water recycling and how useful it will be to us in the future? |
| Rebuilding a Green New Orleans | Chad Whitney | Outside Supply | Apr 2007 |
All in all, I am impressed with some of the strides that have been taken in rebuilding the coast with green in mind. While by no means is it an end to the challenges on being more efficient and using more alternative energy, it is a a start. |
| Grow Houseplants Organically to Improve Air Quality | Kent Swanson | Feb 2007 |
In this article, we offer a few tips on growing houseplants without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. That way, you can clean the air of your home or office without the potentially harmful effects of chemicals! | |
| The Sustainable, Architectural, Infrastructural, Global and Personal Future | Kim Gyr | Oct 2005 |
World history has always seen the development of small-scale, innovative technologies to larger-scale applications. Why not pursue this same evolution with such bold new schemes as those shown here, that combine food and energy production, increased proximity to nature and access to high and low speed transportation links? | |
| BIO-TECHNOLOGY EASES BUILDINGS' ADVERSE EFFECTS | Stuart D. Snyder | Boca Automation | Oct 2005 |
Green plants have cleaned and purified air and water on earth since the beginning of time. Used in buildings, they provide other health and business benefits as well. |
| Kent Swanson | Oct 2005 |
With modern technology and inventiveness, green roofs can become a real solution to many of the environmental problems that we are facing today. | ||
| Working the Soil and Shifting the Paradigm: | Kent Reed Swanson | Garden Plant Care | Aug 2005 |
For the modern home gardener, it may take a personal “revolution” to shift your gardening paradigm away from using harmful chemicals, as chemical gardening is generally seen as less work than organic gardening. |
| Education In Construction: Cat Announces The Wise Project | Centre for Alternative Technology | Centre for Alternative Technology | Oct 2004 |
The project aims to minimise environmental impacts both during construction and during occupancy. Current best environmental practice in building is the BREEAM criteria - The Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method. |
