Category: Building knowledge
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Residential Insulation Options for South Florida
It may seem like a house in a temperate area like Miami wouldn’t need much insulation, but the opposite is true. While houses in colder regions of the country require insulation to keep the heat in, homes in southern Florida must be insulated to hold the heat at bay and minimize the amount of work…
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New Company Turns 100 Tons of Non-Recyclable Plastic Into Building Blocks For Construction
Turning hard to recycle plastics into building blocks for construction, ByFusion has diverted 100 tons of plastic from landfills. — Read on www.goodnewsnetwork.org/byfusion-turns-100-tons-of-nonrecyclable-plastic-into-building-blocks/
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Florida’s Place in Smart Design and Sustainable Architecture
Sustainable “green” building and the integration of smart designs into architecture and homes have both gained momentum since the creation of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification in the early 1990s. Globally, there are more than 500,000 LEED-certified residential homes, including single-family, multifamily and affordable housing units. Out of these, 400,000 are located in…
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World’s First 3D-Printed House Made Of Local Raw Earth – And it Closes the Roof With a Dome
A Bologna-based architecture firm has used clay and 3D printers to create sustainable domed housing with little waste. — Read on www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tecla-sustainable-3d-printed-houses-from-cucinella-architects/
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Wallpaper is Back: Here are the Top 7 Ways to Style this Bold Interior Trend in your Space
Chinese less than 100 years after paper itself was invented. The style came to Europe via the Silk Road and saw changes in production and design as advances in block printing and other technologies allowed for more widespread use.
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Hundreds of Solar Farms Built Atop Closed Landfills Are Turning Brownfields into Green Fields
Turning brownfields into greenfields, energy firms are building solar power plants on top of closed-off landfills. — Read on www.goodnewsnetwork.org/solar-energy-farms-built-on-landfills/
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