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Green Live & Work
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Regenerating architecture: green building product innovations
(Green News) Sustainable design has evolved beyond robotics, and has tapped into the basics, using pre-historic methods: bacteria. Genius!
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Superadobe: super sustainable building phenomenon
Taking something that already had the power to be awesome and making it, well, super-powered, that is what one bright-eyed architect did with an age-old building concept. Let's take a mini-adventure into the world of Superadobe, where a blending of concepts which are thousands of years old with some new ideas has created yet another buzz in the stratosphere of sustainability and green building.
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GreenSpur: sustainable construction, reclaimed materials
GreenSpur Unveils their first OneNest Project home built in Virginia, a sustainable construction project that could be duplicated across the world.
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HeatMeter: set goals and track energy consumption
HeatMeter is raising funds on Kickstarter for their innovative monitoring app which requires no installation and is just like a fitness app wherein you set goals and track your accomplishments.
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Recycling toilet porcelain: streets, landscaping, & veneers
Recycling and up-cycling is common practice; even toilets are jumping into the game, and you might be surprised where your beloved porcelain god can end up.
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Micro-units no longer just in Asia, now coming to New York City
Micro-Living: Mayor Bloomberg put out a call to architects for creative, responsible ideas that would put a city block in New York City's 335 East 27th Street in Manhattan to its highest and best use and give it a bit of a micro-burst, if you will.
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Nest thermostat inspires late night geek texts
The Nest Thermostat is finally going mainstream, and is becoming so popular that friends are actually texting each other about it late at night, it's that inspiring.
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Sustainability: strong leadership is required for a healthy future
Sustainability is about more than just eating well for a healthy tomorrow, it is relevant to the very buildings we are creating around us, and the "future" is creeping up on us quickly.
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Treincarnation: destroyed trees not always destined to be firewood
When massive amounts of trees come down in a storm, there are more sustainable options besides beloved trees on our properties becoming tons of firewood, just ask Treincarnation.
Business News
A Greener China, and what it means for your business
It is foreseeable that the new Chinese competitive advantage will no longer lie in cheap production or manufacturing labor, but in price and environmental quality.
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Calculate your ecological footprint: you may be surprised
In America, our lives are not set up to be exactly friendly to the global ecology, particularly as we rely so heavily on gas guzzlers and non-local foods. Calculate your footprint and learn more about the universal challenges most don't even know exist.