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Bahrain World Trade Center With Three Wind Turbines

Apr 10th, 2008 by Frederick Carle | Comments

I don’t know if they just have more wind in Bahrain but the architect who design the future WTC in Manhattan overlook this possibility. The blades, each about 100 feet in diameter, are the first to be integrated into a commercial structure. They will power up to 15% of the center’s electricity needs.
The developers [...]

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Grand Rapids Art Museum: First LEED Gold Certified Museum

Apr 1st, 2008 by Frederick Carle | Comments

From inhabitat:
One of the oldest museums in the Mid-West was recently relocated to an elegant new LEED Gold certified structure, garnering accolades from art aficionados and sustainability advocates alike. Kulapat Yantrasast of wHY Architecture designed the new Grand Rapids Art Museum to be as beautiful as the artworks within, placing a premium on public space [...]

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ZERO CARBON HOUSE PROJECT

Mar 29th, 2008 by Frederick Carle | Comments

This house is being built Michael Rea in affiliation with Duncan Price on Britain’s most northerly island of Unst, which will bring obvious benefits to the environment.  The carbon neutral home lowers the carbon footprint by producing its own energy and storing it to heat the home.  They also use this energy to fuel [...]

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Recycled Map Envelopes

Mar 26th, 2008 by Frederick Carle | Comments

Who would of thought that your old maps could one day be reused. These premium quality, unique envelopes are made from 100% post-consumer content, surplus maps! The direct method of recycling saves 100% of water, bleaching agents, binding agents, and fresh wood fibres, and more than 95% energy. One of the top recycled paper products [...]

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Eco-Friendly furniture from Ecowork

Mar 24th, 2008 by Frederick Carle | Comments

Since its creation in 1996 by the renowned husband-wife design team of Erez Steinberg and Gia Giasullo, Ecowork has been designing eco- friendly furniture using a remarkable 95% of rapidly renewable and recycled core materials. Not only do the products look very good but they are functional, affordable, high quality and sustainable. The Ecowork innovative [...]

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