Tag: Green building

Green marketplace speeds sustainable design

by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

New Online Marketplaces Smooth The Sustainable Building Process
BY MICHAEL J. COREN, fastcoexist.com

Gone are the days when building owners have to stress about finding solar providers or efficiency auditors. Now you can find all the ingredients for a fully green building at the touch of a button.

Green build­ing is grow­ing up. As green build­…

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Harvard bio library stores 70 billion books on DNA

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Harvard Stores 70 Billion Books in Record Breaking DNA Bio-Library the Size of a Thumbnail | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
GreatEmerald says:, inhabitat.com

DNA photo from Shut­ter­stock

A team from Har­vard Uni­ver­si­ty’s Wyss Insti­tute for Bio­log­i­cal­ly Inspired Engi­neer­ing has dis­cov­ered a way to store 70 bil­lion books in a space the size of your thumb­nail! Using…

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Glowing fish sculptures from recycled bottles

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Gigantic Glowing Fish Sculptures Made From Recycled Bottles Rise From Rio Beach | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
Jill Fehrenbacher 5 Tips to Make Your Home Safe, Green & Healthy from Zem Joaquin TweetShare on TumblrEmail You’ve all heard the tired mantras about changing your lightbulbs and recycling at home in order to save the planet – are you yawning yet? Many consumers think that going green is a gesture of self-sacrifice that often comes at great expense and inconvenience – but nothing could be further from the […] READ MORE >, inhabitat.com

Two giant fish sculp­tures are jump­ing out of a beach in Rio de Janiero, and they’re made entire­ly from recy­cled plas­tic bot­tles! The scales of the epic sculp­tures were made by lin­ing up hun­dreds of empty clear plas­tic bot­tles, giv­ing t…

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The world’s first solar powered nation

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Pacific Tokelau Island Chain Becomes World’s First Solar-Powered Nation | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
Jill Fehrenbacher 5 Tips to Make Your Home Safe, Green & Healthy from Zem Joaquin TweetShare on TumblrEmail You’ve all heard the tired mantras about changing your lightbulbs and recycling at home in order to save the planet – are you yawning yet? Many consumers think that going green is a gesture of self-sacrifice that often comes at great expense and inconvenience – but nothing could be further from the […] READ MORE >, inhabitat.com

The remote Pacif­ic Island ter­ri­to­ry of Toke­lau has offi­cial­ly become the world’s first solar-powered nation! The pop­u­la­tion of 1,411 peo­ple decid­ed to end their reliance on around 2,000 bar­rels of diesel each year, and instead install…

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Bensonwood Launches Unity Homes Line of Energy-Efficient Prefabs

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Bensonwood Launches Unity Homes Line of Energy-Efficient Prefabs
Bridgette Meinhold, inhabitat.com

Ben­son­wood’s Unity Homes fea­tures four dis­tinct home styles that are 2 to 4 bed­rooms and range in size from 1,113 to 2,452 sq ft. The home styles are called the Tradd (a clas­sic Tall Cape), Xyla (Amer­i­can Bun­ga­low), Värm (Swedish…

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Teen Finishes 130 Sq. Ft. Mortgage-Free Home

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Teen Finishes 130 Sq. Ft. Mortgage-Free Home
Sami Grover Design / Green Architecture October 19, 2012, treehugger.com

Next time you hear some­one com­plain­ing about today’s youth, or moan­ing about a cul­ture of enti­tle­ment, tell them the story of Austin Hay.

We already post­ed one video of Austin Hay’s project to build a tiny house on wheels that he could t…

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Igloo Made From 300 Refrigerators

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

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 age, I was fascinated by differing attitudes towards resources. Growing up in Japan and Hong Kong, I was given my first look at complete material cycles, where waste becomes food, and resources […] READ MORE >, inhabitat.com

Berlin-based artist Ralf Schmer­berg has con­struct­ed an awe-inspiring igloo made almost entire­ly of old refrig­er­a­tors in the cen­ter of Ham­burg, Ger­many. What appears as a Dada-esque con­struc­tion filled with absurd lit­tle vignettes is…

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Peter McFarlane Transforms Old Circuit Boards into Gorgeous, Poignant Fossil Art

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Peter McFarlane Transforms Old Circuit Boards into Gorgeous, Poignant Fossil Art | 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 age, I was fascinated by differing attitudes towards resources. Growing up in Japan and Hong Kong, I was given my first look at complete material cycles, where waste becomes food, and resources […] READ MORE >, inhabitat.com

Peter McFar­lane’s mixed media sculp­tures may look like fos­sils, but the detailed instal­la­tions are real­ly reworked cir­cuit boards! The artist focus­es on trans­form­ing trash into fine art, believ­ing that waste is just “a lack of…

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Awesome Oru Origami Kayak

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Awesome Oru Origami Kayak Folds Into its Own Compact Carrying Case | 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 age, I was fascinated by differing attitudes towards resources. Growing up in Japan and Hong Kong, I was given my first look at complete material cycles, where waste becomes food, and resources […] READ MORE >, inhabitat.com

The days of hav­ing to strap your kayak to the roof of your car are over thanks to the Oru – an Origa­mi Kayak that folds into a com­pact car­ry­ing case with space for life vests, pad­dles, and acces­sories. Designed by Anton Willis, The clever…

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Tiny House Arc Prefab Home is Now Available for Order

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Bellomo Architects’ Tiny House Arc Prefab Home is Now Available for Order | 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 age, I was fascinated by differing attitudes towards resources. Growing up in Japan and Hong Kong, I was given my first look at complete material cycles, where waste becomes food, and resources […] READ MORE >, inhabitat.com

Here at Inhab­i­tat we love pre­fab house designs, and we like it even bet­ter when they actu­al­ly get built! That’s why we are very excit­ed to report that Bel­lomo Archi­tects’ mod­u­lar House Arc, which was just a pro­to­type before, is now…

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Why Our Ancestors Built Round Houses

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Sustainable Design, Systems Science

Why Our Ancestors Built Round Houses – and Why it Still Makes Sense to Build Round Structures Today | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Andrew Michler INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Green Archi

tect & 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 age, I was fascinated by differing attitudes towards resources. Growing up in Japan and Hong Kong, I was given my first look at complete material cycles, where waste becomes food, and resources […] READ MORE >, inhabitat.com

The old­est forms of indige­nous shel­ter were often round in shape. (Think the South­west USA Hogan, Mon­go­lian Yurt, North Amer­i­can Teepee and the Greek Ten­emos, among others.) Why did our ances­tors choose to build round? Because the ovid…

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In China More Than 30 Million People Live in Eco-Friendly Caves

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Systems Science
China's FIRST McDonald's
China’s FIRST McDonald’s (Photo credit: flickr.Marcus)

In China More Than 30 Million People Live in Eco-Friendly Caves | 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 age, I was fascinated by differing attitudes towards resources. Growing up in Japan and Hong Kong, I was given my first look at complete material cycles, where waste becomes food, and resources […] READ MORE >, inhabitat.com

In China, call­ing some­one a cave­man shouldn’t be taken as an insult – in fact, Mao Zedong lived in a cave before becom­ing the coun­try’s leader. Today, many Chi­nese peo­ple still live in caves. And we aren’t talk­ing about just one or two…

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