18 hours ago ... Reporting on Sustainably Built Environments from Bricks to Cities.
The assessment found that City-owned downtown buildings (City Hall, Justice Center, Seattle Municipal Tower, Central Library) are more energy efficient than the national average. The Seattle Municipal Tower has an EPA ENERGY STAR score of 93 out of 100 (50 is average), meaning it is m...
In a green corner of the UK a new project is underway, called the Green Build Hub. The Green Build Hub will be the home of experimental building materials and techniques, a “living laboratory” that will never be ‘finished’. Instead it will be rebuilt constantly, in order to question n...
The new study looked at six distinct and diverse climate zones in the United States’ most populous regions —including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix and Seattle — to determine if integrated design methods could cut energy consumption and operating costs for hosp...
There’s a reason the lawn always seems moist after a fresh mowing. Each blade of grass stores a significant quantity of water, especially at the base of the blade—and the shorter you cut your grass, the more it will bleed out and evaporate, and the more you’ll have to water. A lawn th...
Comfort is also found in the beauty and durability that adobe houses embody. Many adobe walls are kept without a finish plaster on them, with little stones often embedded in the cob mortar for decoration. Other homes receive beautiful finish clay or lime plasters to give smooth, soft ...
“The list of human activities and their impact on the water systems of Planet Earth is long and important,” Anik Bhaduri, Executive Officer of the Global Water System Project (GWSP) said. “We have altered the Earth’s climatology and chemistry, its snow cover, permafrost, sea and glaci...
Prospective Aquaponic Growers - if you are thinking of getting into aquaponics, attend this conference to learn about how people use aquaponics, where people use aquaponics, and how you can use aquaponics to feed your family, feed a village, or produce a profit in a commercial farming...
Although their green impact can seem more tenuous than that of mature trees, plants and herbs are far from being useless around the house. Indeed, having nearby some of the herbs you often use in your recipes (such as basil, cilantro, parsley, chives, thyme, rosemary, etc.) can add a ...
