New revolutionary surface material made from recycled glass has hit the green building industry, not to mention winning awards.
BottleStone is an eco friendly sourced surface material used in countertops and bathroom va
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Filed by Missy at November 13th, 2008 on 11:33 am
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Lakefield College School welcomed back a former student the Duke of York, he was there for the second time this year to open the school’s first gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental design) building, a
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Filed by David Allen at October 21st, 2008 on 4:00 am
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The UK government estimate that a fifth of all carbon dioxide emissions come from non-residential buildings and they should know because many of the UK government buildings have been exposed as the least energy efficien
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Filed by David Allen at October 6th, 2008 on 5:37 am
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A clever idea has surfaced in which green renters in the Portland, Oregon area get matched (or should i say hooked up) with owners and landlords of green buildings.
At Green Renter you are able to peruse from available
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Filed by Missy at August 29th, 2008 on 2:18 pm
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It may seem to be something of an understatement, but yes the folks over at Las Vegas have decided that they will finally be going green by building some seriously eco friendly buildings along the Las Vegas Strip.
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Filed by David Allen at August 5th, 2008 on 10:13 pm
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It may have been open for a little but it takes time for the news to filter around, and the news is that there is an unassuming green store simply called “Eco” which happens to be owned by the heart throb and all r
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Filed by David Allen at June 23rd, 2008 on 7:00 am
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Green furniture is becoming very popular and why not, after all the idea is to take materials from old buildings and barns and then turns it into wonderfully looking furniture. One such company is Environment Furniture I
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Filed by David Allen at June 21st, 2008 on 7:00 am
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It’s an interesting concept that Sheila Kennedy from KVA Matx has, she is a great believer in integrating solar cell technology into the design of buildings and structures. They have gone so far as to design the Soft H
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Filed by David Allen at June 20th, 2008 on 8:00 am
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Putting up new buildings is only normal in most colleges and universities today and apparently much of this is because they are expanding their curriculum. With that in mind, there is no better way to promote and lead by
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Filed by Brian Yalung at May 3rd, 2008 on 12:15 pm
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What a really cool idea this is, a combination of coloured glass and solar panels, so instead of those dreary dark panels that could only pass of as a mirror and a bad one at that.
These new designs offer more than the
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Filed by David Allen at February 6th, 2008 on 11:00 am
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Making the most of the materials that you have at hand is the spirit of being eco friendly, and this house that has been made from beer cans certainly lives up to the green spirit.
However although the idea may seem t
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Filed by David Allen at January 5th, 2008 on 2:00 pm
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This is the William McDonoughs energy efficient Tower of the future. This would be a building which would make its own oxygen, distil water, make its own energy and adjust all of this activity according to which season t
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Filed by David Allen at January 3rd, 2008 on 2:00 pm
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The UK’s largest house builder have been given the contract to build the UK’s first eco village, the site which is a former hospital, Hanham Hall near Bristol has been specially commissioned through the governments n
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Filed by David Allen at December 14th, 2007 on 9:00 am
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This is an excellent idea for the temporary accommodation for the use of construction staff, but it could be used as emergency accommodation in disaster areas etc.
The units are based on twenty foot containers and are
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Filed by David Allen at December 8th, 2007 on 6:00 am
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