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    • GaiaMa – LEED Platinum home in Biscyane Park , Florida by S.E.A.

      GaiaMa is a new single story house located in Biscayne Park, Florida designed by Sebastian Eilert of Sebastian Eilert Architecture. The 1500 square feet home is built with ICF walls and Insuldeck structural roof resulting in a hyper-insulted structure that also exceeds Florida Building Code hurricane wind pressure requirements. A central cupola with operable windows…

    • Santos kitchen post on Home Adore

      Santos kitchen post on Home Adore

    • New Florida Building Code in Effect March 15, 2012

      http://rscompanies.com/Check out the recording called “2010 Building Code Questions and Answer Webinar held March 13, 2012 at:http://www.floridabuilding.org/cm/cm_hottopics.aspxSlide the audio progress bar over to minute 33:47 to hear the answer on the retrofit provision that affects windows. Ann Stanton, the energy technical adviser at the Florida Building Commission, explains the 30% rule. She said “energy code…

    • Design: The Most Misunderstood Word in Architecture

      Design: The Most Misunderstood Word in Architecture.

    • 2010 in review

      The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is doing awesome!. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 2,600 times in 2010. That’s about…

    • Miami Dade GREEN – new website for infor

      Miami Dade GREEN – new website for information about green improvements and upcoming events and workshops. Miami Dade – Home Energy Saving Workshops – District 7,4, and 3. Next one is Scheduled in Coral Gables for October 2, 2010. See you all there. Remember Signup now at link below or by calling 311. http://green.miamidade.gov/eecbg_campaign.htm