]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/buildings Blog Articles Tagged with 'buildings' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-priorities/151314?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings November 25, 2008 -- GREENBUILD 2008 -- We asked Betsy Boyle, the Manager of the Real Estate Program at Ceres, to share her thoughts with us about the outlook for green buildings in a weakened, carbon-constrained economy. How will the current economi... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-priorities/151314?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:42:22 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-priorities/150711?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings November 18, 2008 -- GREENBUILD 2008 -- The big annual conference on green building opens in Boston November 19, with more than 20,000 attendees. Interest in green real estate is at an all-time high. Does it pay off? We'll be examining that question ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-priorities/150711?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:07:24 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/149246?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Sixty miles down a dirt road in the Alaskan Wilderness, sits a cutting-edge green building nestled in the mountains. An educational landmark for visitors and a starting point and shelter for backcountry hikers, the LEED platinum Eielson Center in Ala... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/149246?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:11:14 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-priorities/147582?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings November 06, 2008 -- Members of the U.S. Green Building Council are voting on whether to approve LEED 2009, the latest evolution of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building certification system. The update includes a series of... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-priorities/147582?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:46:10 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/146295?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Photo: Orca Yap SistemleriIn Turkish, the word for a slum is gecekondu, meaning settled overnight. A prefabricated house doesn't go up quite that quickly, but mass production can make homes--of both the conventional and ecofriendly type--availabl... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/146295?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Sun, 02 Nov 2008 08:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/145522?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Arthur Frommer usually writes guide books about where to eat and visit in Paris, but even this super-enthusiastic traveller is getting worried about the state of the world's environment. To explain the rationale behind the latest guide book, called ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/145522?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:54:37 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/143692?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings The truth is that sometimes the gift shop at the end of the art exhibition is better than the show itself. There--we've said it. The latest show at the Victoria & Albert Museum is Cold War Modern Design 1945-1970 and it is interesting. The cold ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/143692?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:35:11 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/143070?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings This week I am reporting daily from Schumacher College in south west England. Here, I am taking part in a course called Biomimicry: New Directions in Sustainable Design lead by the architect Michael Pawlyn, he of the incredible Sahara Forest Project.... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/143070?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:41:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/143074?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings The UK's Guardian newspaper has caught our attention before with some stunning sustainability-oriented slideshows, including this challenge to Cute Overload. Their latest effort, in conjunction with TreeHugger favorites Inhabitat, is an impressive co... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/143074?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:30:33 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/142712?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings The house-in-a-greenhouse probably wouldn't play very well in say, Arizona, where enclosing your house in glass shell would be folly. But Bengt Warne, a Swedish architect, starting designing what he called the Naturhus (Nature House) in 1976 to work ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/142712?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:18:39 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/139329?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Building on couple of topics which are perennial TreeHugger favorites (cool roofs and thin-film solar photovoltaics)... Fremont, California-based Solyndra has announced the launch of a new type of rooftop solar array which the company says could revo... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/139329?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:24:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/138188?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings photo: Chet Yeary IIIf Corus Group, an Anglo-Dutch steel manufacturer, has its way and their new work into developing solar cell paint comes to pass, the whole concept of what types of material can be used for generate electricity through photovoltai... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/138188?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:43:54 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/137620?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Jimmy Stamp at Life Without Buildings compares current shipping container architecture proposals from LOT-EK, Adam Kalkin and others to Icelandic designer B. B rkur Eir ksson's dark vision of a smoggy dystopic future where we're all crammed into m... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/137620?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:30:29 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/137120?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Jimmy Stamp at Life Without Buildings compares current shipping container architecture proposals from LOT-EK, Adam Kalkin and others to Icelandic designer B. B rkur Eir ksson's dark vision of a smoggy dystopic future where we're all crammed into m... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/137120?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:23:53 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/135290?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Dwight Doerkson has developed an affordable eco friendly building that's transportable and doesn't need to be hooked up to the grid - out of shipping containers. He cuts out an entire wall and hinges it, so when you want to leave your ecopod you sim... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/135290?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:02:57 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-priorities/134774?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings September 19, 2008 -- M2M is the basis of advanced building-control systems, industrial machinery, Google News, and Wall Street trading. Is it dangerous? (continued at http://energypriorities.com/)... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-priorities/134774?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:08:42 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/134698?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings This past weekend marked the closure of three-month-long Expo Zaragoza 2008. Petz told us about the The Thirst Pavilion, the German Pavilion and the eco-friendly urinals that use no water, chemicals or energy. I was lucky enough to have a long we... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/134698?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:18:32 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/133731?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings No, it's not a new IKEA store, (the base would be blue) it is the expanded Brooklyn Children's Museum by Rafael Vinoly that opens on September 20. According to Nicholas Tamarin at Interior Design, it is the city's first LEED Silver-certified museum.... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/133731?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:43:57 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/129974?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings At Expo Zaragoza in Spain, the International Expo about Water and Sustainable Development that opened in June and attracted over 70.000 visitors last saturday, one of the best exhibits was the Pavilion THIRST. With strong images and simple graphics... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/129974?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:57:42 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/129001?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Silicon Valley has officially had green fever for some time, now. A case in point is our recent interview with Chris Page, Yahoo's sustainability maven. Adobe, the maker of Photoshop, Acrobat, Flash, etc. is also taking some of these lessons to heart... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/129001?rsstype=tag&tag=buildings Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:11:16 -0400