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90Permeable Pavements for Your Driveway
If you are building a new driveway or replacing an old one, consider choosing a permeable surface. Permeable pavement is attractive, low maintenance, environmentally friendly, and relatively inexpensive. ...
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95Cob Building
Although many Egyptian Pyramids are formed of stone as pictured, some were made of sun-hardened adobe-like bricks. (public domain) After reading for years about Native American and Mexican adobe houses and...
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81Green Roofs: Energy Savings and Much More
Most green roofs in the United States are on large-scale commercial or public buildings but the residential market is catching up. Green roofs can be installed on traditional residences providing homeowners with a beautiful way to cut down their heating and cooling costs.
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81Straw Bale Home: Green Building's Heavyweight
One of the most exciting concepts in today’s home market is the green building revolution. Although the phrase green home has recently become...
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76Straw Bale Home Construction: A Labor of Love
So you’ve checked out the concept of a straw bale home, talked to several owners of one of these gems and your current monthly utility bill’s...
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71Tankless Water Heaters
If you've watched any of the home improvement shows recently, you may have seen these hot new products called tankless water heaters. If not it won't be long before you do, as tankless water heaters are...
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85Living Machines
The bathroom of the future may resemble a greenhouse more than a lavatory. As cities around the world struggle with wastewater management problems, there is growing interest in a new-old form of wastewater...
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76LEED Certified Eco-friendly Hotels
LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, and LEED certification process is run and managed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). And while there are a few LEED certified hotels in...
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7510 Best Sustainable Design & Sustainable Green Architecture Books
Sustainable Green Architecture are buildings which are site specific and in harmony with their natural environment because they are conceived within the social, economic, political and environmental conditions of their given site.The building is not a stamp of the architects ego acting in isolation, but rather are buildings in harmony with it's surroundings, for example; SITE ORIENTATION
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64Unique Home Design and Architecture- Green Bay, WI
Chad Cornette's Company - Cantilever (Green Bay, WI Home Builder, Architect, and Design)- is founded on four major principles. Progressive thinking Craftsmanship Simple Beauty Environmental Sensitivity ...
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