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  • Architects turn to crowd for FOUNDhouse micro-house funding

    Architects turn to crowd for FOUNDhouse micro-house funding. Related articles A Portable, Plywood Micro House That’s Perfect For Two (earthtechling.com) Stackable Micro-house incorporates multi-functional living zones (gizmag.com) Micro-house by Studio Liu Lubin (karmatrendz.wordpress.com) Downsizing? How about to…65 square feet? (holykaw.alltop.com) Micro Housing Makes a Comeback (archdaily.com) Interview with Jay Shafer on “Micro-Homes” (makezine.com)

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  • For the price of the Iraq war we could have built a renewable energy system

    For the price of the Iraq War, the U.S. could have gotten halfway to a renewable power system David Roberts, grist.org Discussions of how to respond to climate change often involve Very Large Numbers — the needed investments to transition to a fully renewable energy system are in the hundreds of billions. The brain sort…

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  • Can the U.S. Create Its Own German-Style Energy Revolution?

    By Osha Gray Davidson, bloomberg.com InsideClimateNews.org (Phoenix, Ari­zona) — From a block away, the house was hard­ly vis­i­ble, hid­den by a dense stand of native mesquite and palo verde trees and tall clumps of prick­ly pear cac­tus. Close up, you could see the con­crete block… http://flpbd.it/wYLbh Can the U.S. Create Its Own German-Style Energy Revolution?…

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  • New Electric Touring Trike From Germany

    New Electric Touring Trike From Germany Very Speedy Nino Marchetti, earthtechling.com Elec­tric bicy­cles are quite com­mon these days. Elec­tric trikes though? Not quite as much. It is a cat­e­go­ry though see­ing some activ­i­ty, such as the recent­ly unveiled Scor­pi­on fs 26 S-Ped­elec which, quite frankly, looks to be an… http://flpbd.it/sqnfU Related articles Scuddy, the Electric Trike…

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  • Germany Sets New Solar Record

    Germany Sets New Solar Record By Meeting Nearly Half of Country’s Weekend Power Demand | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Diane Pham 5 Tips to Cut Your Electricity Bill With Energy Efficiency Expert David Johnston Cutting back on your energy usage is one of the best ways to bring down your…

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  • Igloo Made From 300 Refrigerators

    Igloo Made From 300 Refrigerators Springs Up in Germany | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Andrew Michler INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Green Architect & Cradle to Cradle Founder William McDonough INHABITAT: What inspired you to write ‘Cradle to Cradle‘ (the book) and launch the Cradle to Cradle system? William McDonough: From an early…

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  • An energy model for Boston from European cities

    Germany definitely has the right idea: convert ugly old buildings to biofuel factories and kick start the green economy. But we’re still in the mode of “drill baby drill.” An energy model for Boston – Boston.com. Related articles Renewable distributed electricity generation to triple by 2017 (eco-business.com) Germany: Full speed ahead on renewables (summitcountyvoice.com) Germany’s…

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