Sustainability & Resilience: Page 27
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Color changes as home ages
Known as Fall House, a home designed by a San Francisco architectural firm has one side that will change color as the copper siding ages in the salt air.
By Ron Gallagher • May 5, 2014 -
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Google invests $100M in residential solar
Google and SunPower are creating a $250 million fund to finance rooftop solar installations that homeowners will lease.
By Ron Gallagher • May 5, 2014 -
How rehab can be a green building strategy
Improving existing buildings can be much more green than new construction if local government understands the need to be flexible instead of code-driven.
By Ron Gallagher • May 5, 2014 -
Construction unemployment rate hits 9.4% (and that's a good thing)
The figure is high compared with the U.S. overall workforce, but it is so much better than the recession high of 21.8% in April 2010.
By Ron Gallagher • May 2, 2014 -
Norway project seeks tallest timber-frame apartments title
A 14-story building with luxury apartments is targeted for completion in fall 2015.
By Ron Gallagher • May 2, 2014 -
CA plans $360M for 'active transportation' projects
The state Department of Transportation is looking for bicycling and walking projects on which to bestow money.
By Ron Gallagher • May 1, 2014 -
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New 'solar roadway' technology could disrupt road-building
In a parking lot in Sagle, Idaho, a prototype road surface offers the prospect of generating electricity from roadways paved in glass.
By Ron Gallagher • April 27, 2014 -
Top U.S. markets for solar installation have some surprises
The list includes such seemingly unlikely cities as Newark, N.J., Raleigh, N.C. and Boston.
By Ron Gallagher • April 16, 2014 -
Study: Best way to reduce energy is to improve homes
Norwegian researchers calculated that greener homes would have the biggest effect in cutting the country's energy use.
By Ron Gallagher • April 12, 2014 -
Five companies win LEED for Homes awards
The U.S. Green Building Council announced one winner in each of six categories related to designing and executing green homes for people last year, and one entrant took two prizes.
By Ron Gallagher • April 10, 2014 -
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New Berkeley lab's goal is to test low-energy building innovations
The Facility for Low-Energy Experiments is dedicated to testing how building components will perform in real-life situations.
By Ron Gallagher • April 7, 2014 -
Developer plans 'green roof' at Brooklyn's Barclays Center
A 130,000-square-foot plant-covered roof is in design for the Barclays Center as both a marketing feature and a sound shield.
By Ron Gallagher • April 7, 2014 -
Honda's smart home produces more energy than it uses
Honda's demo at the University of California, Davis, generates enough power to run the home, charge the family electric car and even put juice back onto the grid.
By Ron Gallagher • April 2, 2014 -
Study: Building with wood is good for the environment
That's the conclusion of scientists at Yale and the University of Washington, which is based on reducing carbon dioxide emissions by manufacturing less steel and concrete.
By Ron Gallagher • April 1, 2014 -
Dutch architects experiment with 3-D printed house
In Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the firm has its own printer to generate plastic segments that connect on the site next to a canal.
By Ron Gallagher • March 30, 2014 -
Concrete at Marines air station has to handle high temperatures
As part of an $85 million project at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Granite Construction needed to place specially mixed concrete.
By Ron Gallagher • March 30, 2014 -
Why insurers love 'green' buildings more
The sustainable-building industry has an unexpected advocate in insurers.
By Ron Gallagher • March 24, 2014 -
Green contractors face risks others do not
Fewer experienced subcontractors, fewer materials suppliers and more legal ambiguities make the market different from conventional contracting.
By Ron Gallagher • March 20, 2014 -
Life-cycle assessment for building materials made easier with new app
An architectural firm teamed with a data firm and a software maker to come up with Tally, an app that runs on the Revit design software.
By Ron Gallagher • March 10, 2014 -
Dutch students' house 'skin' uses solar to alter temperature control
Students at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands will cover a model house at the Solar Decathlon Europe with a skin that can vary its insulating and ventilating profile.
By Ron Gallagher • March 6, 2014 -
Energy-efficiency law finds construction-industry defenders to fight repeal effort
The American Institute of Architects is at the head of a coalition that says there is no way Congress should repeal energy-efficiency goals for federal buildings.
By Ron Gallagher • March 6, 2014 -
Green Building Standard update process for 2015 is underway
The triennial update being handled by Home Innovation Research Labs starts with a call for a range of interested groups and agencies to work on a consensus panel.
By Ron Gallagher • March 5, 2014 -
Target to architect: Build store on former prison dump
MBH Architects was given an unusual site when Target brought the firm on board for a new store in California – the former dump for San Quentin Prison and all it held.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 27, 2014 -
New scoring process aims to cut time for certifying green federal buildings
The Green Building Initiative devised the program to parallel its initiative for existing buildings.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 24, 2014 -
Net-zero energy construction showcased in San Diego research center
The J. Craig Venter Institute comprises a 28,600-square-foot office wing and a lab wing with 12,605 square feet.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 24, 2014
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