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Los Angeles hasn’t kept too high of a profile when it comes to green building. But late last month, a significant change is underway.
The city of Los Angeles has become the largest city in the nation to impose green building rules that would potentially cut millions of tons of pollution over the next [...]
Is architecture your thing? Or are you just interested in hearing about this cool, green building?
Check out the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
In their words, this is both the makeup and intent of the building:
The glass façade provides a high performance building envelope that reduces solar gain and [...]
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Big Green Building news out of San Francisco today:
According to an article posted yesterday on SFGate.com, it’s becoming clear that San Francisco building practices are moving directly towards the Green.
We’ve seen indications that changes were coming, but it looks close to becoming official: San Francisco will become a green building leader.
San Francisco [...]
Great article on sustainable architecture and building in today’s San Francisco Chronicle. The future is clear: Green building is affecting commercial development. Just as homeowners are making eco-friendly changes when remodeling, rebuilding, all things Green continue to make inroads.
And Green building has changed the way that one San Francisco government building was redone: the Public [...]
We stumbled across a show called The Eco Zone Project. Created by Eco Zone Media, it’s hosted by Daisy Fuentes (model, designer, MTV VJ) along with the Green Team:
Simran Sethi: from The Green on the Sundance Channel and Ethical Markets on PBS.
John Bruce: founding partner of Super-Interesting LLC, an architectural and design practice.
Ryan Sutter: founder [...]
For those of you who haven’t seen this, Home Depot has rolled out their Eco Options brand/product channel.
The intent on the site is a little unclear. I was only able to derive ‘brand’ because they state that up front. What is clear is a commitment to offering eco-friendly products to the masses. It’s not every [...]
Hardwood floors have to be one of the most desirable flooring types out there. Bamboo, while technically a grass not wood, combines the durability and aesthetic of wood with the sustainability of a renewable resource. In short: it’s generally good for the environment and for the buyer! Here are some of the key benefits of [...]