Sustainability & Green Design
epub |eng | 2016-04-18 | Author:Jerry Yudelson

The “LEED Tax” USGBC and others have tried to make a case that green building creates millions of new “green jobs,” both in products and services.3 In many ways, this ...
( Category: Design & Construction June 11,2016 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2015-04-19 | Author:Robert Laporte

CREDIT: ECONEST CO. Super sacks of clay dust from Kinney brick factory in Albuquerque. About Slip Slip is a solution of clay particles suspended in water. Slip will “fatten” (become ...
( Category: Do-It-Yourself April 20,2016 )
epub |eng | 2015-04-19 | Author:Jared Green [Jared Green]

Luminance Map, Belfast City Hall, Ireland INHOTIM TATIANA BILBAO Invest in the long term through arts education. Inhotim is a private foundation with a museum set in a garden. It’s ...
( Category: Landscape April 20,2016 )
epub |eng | | Author:Gabe Klein

Components of the Vision Zero safety initiative in Chicago, including (a) mannequins, (b) stickers, and (c) ads (a, c: Michelle Stenzel, Bike Walk Lincoln Park; b: Metropolitan Planning Council) What ...
( Category: Local April 19,2016 )
epub |eng | | Author:Sarah Rutherford

An idealised interior, designed by Barry Parker for his brother Stanley, in Letchworth Garden City, 102 Wilbury Road. Arts and Crafts and historicist styles were strong themes, as epitomised in ...
( Category: England April 8,2016 )
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Marcia Iwatate & Geeta K. Mehta

The façade of the Roundscape House faces the train tracks of Japan Railways and Setonaikai Bay in the distance. In contrast to the adjoining house lots where the sloping ground ...
( Category: Residential August 14,2015 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2015-03-04 | Author:Christopher Cuttle [Cuttle, Christopher]

My own approach has been to equip myself with a GretagMacbeth ColorChecker, and to use this to make objective assessments of the colour characteristics of light sources. The ColorChecker comprises ...
( Category: Architecture July 19,2015 )
epub |eng | 2011-01-31 | Author:Darrell Frey

Groundcovers and Lawns Permaculture design seeks to mimic natural process, both to create fertility and to add diversity to a landscape. In nature, soil is protected with a covering of ...
( Category: Sustainability & Green Design July 14,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-05 | Author:Steven W. Hatch [Hatch, Steven W.]

The picture shows me part way through putting the beams in place The plan called for using solid wood beams. If you are going to use those beams, you can’t ...
( Category: Design & Construction June 18,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-08-07 | Author:Dean Deschain [Deschain, Dean]

Chapter 4 – Design Tricks to Maximize Space As mentioned in the previous chapters, you can fully utilize every nook and cranny of your tiny house as long as you ...
( Category: Sustainability & Green Design June 18,2015 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2015-03-30 | Author:Paul McGillick [McGillick, Paul]

The staircase spirals down into the basement car park and entertainment room. On the ground floor, a breakfast bar faces the footbridge to the floating living/dining pavilion. The journey actually ...
( Category: Residential June 8,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-01-16 | Author:Peter Forbes

Bill, who I can only guess is embarrassed by this oversight of not having ordered enough material for the sills, tells me and Scott to “put it in the back ...
( Category: Artists, Architects & Photographers June 6,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-05-28 | Author:Jones, Barbara

Preparing for plastering This sounds like a fairly innocuous job but can be one of the hardest and most frustrating, depending on the aesthetic finish you require and the quality ...
( Category: Design & Construction June 1,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Cotterell, Janet, Dadeby, Adam

Externally applied insulation on a masonry wall around a window frame. Joints should be staggered by 20cm so that air penetration is limited. Fill joints with supplied foam filler, and ...
( Category: Design & Construction October 9,2014 )
epub |eng | 2010-09-05 | Author:Edmund C. Snodgrass

Stay engaged over the long term Even after it reaches a relatively steady state, a green roof, like any landscape, is a dynamic system and will change from season to ...
( Category: Sustainability & Green Design September 6,2014 )