thermal mass, Tag

We look at the various options available for underfloor heating and whether it can be considered or made more green.

Passive solar is explained and how passive solar design principals are used to create green homes and buildings.

Info and sites that help with building a sustainable and green home in Australia and useful government agencies to be aware of. Also advice on dealing with architects and builders.

How to keep cool or warm in your home by design, either in Summer or Winter, whilst reducing costs to you and the Earth..

Read the rest of Melbourne’s St. Alfred’s Church Boasts Highly Sophisticated Passive Heating and Cooling Systems Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: hydronic heat exchanger, hydronic solar...

Read the rest of Bercy Chen Studio’s Earth-Bermed Edgeland House Transforms a Former Brownfield Site in Texas Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: austin, Austin earth bermed house, Bercy Chen,...

Read the rest of Sharon Neuman Architects’ Minimalist Herzelya Home Keeps Cool With Energy-Efficient Design Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: asymmetric, contemporary, energy efficient, Herzlyia,...

Read the rest of Höweler + Yoon Architecture’s Sky Courts is a Sustainable Development in China Made of Bricks and Cor-Ten Steel Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: boston, brick, Chengdu, china,...

Read the rest of Basalt Ca’Paco is a Quiet, Green-Roofed Home in the Canary Islands Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", basalt rock, Canary Islands, eco design, eco...

Read the rest of The Courtyard House Battles Extreme Heat With Passive Strategies In India Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", Daylighting, Disaster-proof design, eco design,...

Most of us know that a full refrigerator uses less energy than an empty one, because anything’s that denser than air will better store the cold. Opening the door of an empty fridge causes cold air (weighing less than an...

Read the rest of Tree House Porch Renovation in Texas Turns an Old Home into a Dream Home Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "natural materials", Daylighting, eco design, green design, green renovation,...

Read the rest of Green-Roofed Chateau Barde-Haut in France Houses Vintage Barrels of Wine Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "wind turbine", Corten steel, eco design, Green Building, green design,...

Read the rest of Solar Decathlon 2011: The CHIP House Wears Its Thermal Mass on Its Puffy Sleeve Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "energy efficiency", "sustainable architecture", CalTech, cfl, CHIP...

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At a whopping 607 feet, the Vantone Center designed by Adrian Smith & Gordon Gill will be among Tianjin’s tallest new towers. But it will also be the most sustainable as the architects aim for a potential LEED Platinum...

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Read the rest of Gorgeous Green-Roofed Forum Homini Hotel Rehabilitates Cradle of Humankind in Africahttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed...