Category: Building knowledge

  • How to Launch and Expand Your Eco-Friendly Building Business

    How to Launch and Expand Your Eco-Friendly Building Business

    Combining the principles of sustainability with the drive of entrepreneurship, a green building business presents a truly exciting (and potentially lucrative) opportunity. This comprehensive guide from Miami Green Homes provides you with the crucial steps to successfully kickstart and expand your venture in this field. Discover Your Niche   Understanding the landscape of the green building industry…

  • Making Your Residence an Earth-Friendly and Intelligent Sanctuary

    Making Your Residence an Earth-Friendly and Intelligent Sanctuary

    Turning your home into an eco-friendly, smart sanctuary offers benefits that impact not only your personal well-being but also contribute to community and environmental health. This guide from Miami Green Homes serves as a comprehensive roadmap, outlining key steps for integrating both green and intelligent features into your living space. By following these strategies, you can enjoy…

  • Hurricane Lee – Storm hardening homes to address hurricanes and weather related threats

    Hurricane Lee – Storm hardening homes to address hurricanes and weather related threats

    With hurricane Lee approaching the New England shore, the importance of storm hardening for residential design is a topic of interest and relevance. Water related threats include flooding and erosion to shorelines. Storm surge from severe wind and weather systems is of particular concern to most single-family homes.  Sebastian Eilert Architecture has been leading sustainable…

  • Design for floodproofing and durability in South Florida

    Design for floodproofing and durability in South Florida

    The recent flooding impact on daily life reminds of the vulnerability of South Florida not just to sea level rise and high tides, but flooding from rain. Weather impacts and flooding are no longer isolated incidents, and appear to increase in frequency and intensity. Traditional weather patterns are changing and storm events occur outside of their associated seasons. The design of your home needs…

  • Shades of Green – Sustainable Initiative documentary (2010)

    Shades of Green – Sustainable Initiative documentary (2010)

    A great memory, being part of this sustainable initiative Documentary by Susan Spinnato. Sebastian Eilert has long term passion for sustainable architecture and design. This documentary about types of “green” was an excellent milestone and has many features and ideas that are still relevant today. www.imdb.com/title/tt1539025/

  • Making Building Materials Out of Fast-Growing Grasses Capture More Carbon Than Trees for US Startup

    Making Building Materials Out of Fast-Growing Grasses Capture More Carbon Than Trees for US Startup

    It turns out that with sophisticated laminating and molding machines, the fibers of certain grass species can be just as strong as wood — Read on www.goodnewsnetwork.org/us-startup-makes-building-materials-out-of-fast-growing-grasses-to-capture-more-carbon-than-trees/