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Franklin Azzi Architecture: Passive House, Normandy France
Posted by Vick Lantz
Mon, May 02
Franklin azzi architecture designed 'passive house', through renovating a former hunting house in normandy, france. the extension consists of wood, canvas coversa camouflage of the cuban army. Above is a wooden terrace overlooking the val...
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A Fab Solar House
Posted by Meena Kapur
Thu, Feb 10
In my recent trip to Spain, I came across this very interesting article about a solar house contest produced by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, where the Fab Lab House received the audience award for the best of its ki...
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Blossoming Vertical Garden Built in Osaka Japan
Posted by Vick Lantz
Tue, Jan 11
This is one great solution to reduce the air pollution in tight city by place gardens right on the exteriors of buildings. Completed in 1993 by Italian architect Gaetano Pesce, this amazing Organic Building has since been named a civic land...
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Greenwala's Ultimate Green Holiday Wish List
Posted by Admin Wala
Wed, Dec 08
With the holidays upcoming we have decided to publish the Ultimate Green Holiday Wish List to provide all of you with an easy to follow list of some of the most wanted eco-friendly gifts and items for the holidays. Several of these items c...
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Women in Sustainable Design with Kira Gould
Posted by Carolyn Parrs
Mon, Nov 29
Studies show that women are more likely then men to support environmental causes through voting, activism and consumer choices. I am going to sound like a broken record here but we buy 85% of the consumer products on the planet. We hol...
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Johnny Depp's Sustainable Island Paradise
Posted by Anita Quincy
Tue, Nov 16
Johnny Depp may be one of the World's Sexiest Men alive but what makes him even more so is his commitment to the environment. He and his family purchased Little Halls Pond Cay in the Bahamas back in 2005. They have turned this 6 bea...
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The Remainder House
Posted by Meena Kapur
Fri, Jun 04
The Remainder House, designed by Vancouver based architecture firm, is aptly named for its use of remainder materials. The architecture firm found a warehouse that was being demolished so they purchased the douglas fir. The hou...
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Can Recycled "PET" Plastic Bottles Actually Save Lives?
Posted by Elizah Leigh
Wed, Feb 24
Those of us who are fortunate enough to live in the western world rarely give a passing thought to how we end up with a safe and secure roof over our heads. It's just there. We have more pressing things to concern ourselves with, like how...
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A Gold Medal for the Green Winter Games
Posted by Meredith
Wed, Feb 17
The Winter Olympics have gotten off to a good start with a spectacular opening ceremony. But something you may not know, is how green the Vancouver Games are. First lets start with the infamous gold, silver, and bronze medals. T...
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Solar Air Heater for Business or Home. You can’t beat free heat!
Posted by Your Solar Link
Sat, Feb 13
Most heating systems consist of two stages - one that generates the heat and a second that delivers it (ie: a furnace burns oil to generate heat and a fan or circulating pump distributes that heat where it's needed.) With solar heating sys...
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