Making green modular homes with LA architect Marmol Radziner

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Sustainable Architecture

Sustainable architecture is a general term that describes environmentally conscious design techniques in the field of architecture. Sustainable architecture is framed by the larger discussion of sustainability and the pressing economic and political issues of our world. In the broad context, sustainable architecture seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings by enhancing efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, and development space. Most simply, the idea of sustainability, or ecological design, is to ensure that our actions and decisions today do not inhibit the opportunities of future generations. This term can be used to describe an energy and ecologically conscious approach to the design of the built environment.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_architecture]

Example of green projects:
Lofts @ Cherokee Studios / Pugh + Scarpa


Lance Armstrong Foundation Headquarters / Lake|Flato Architects and The Bommarito Group


Step Up on Fifth / Brooks + Scarpa

GREEN BUILDING INDEX

WHAT IS THE GREEN BUILDING INDEX?




The Green Building Index (GBI) is Malaysia’s industry recognised green rating tool for buildings to promote sustainability in the built environment and raise awareness among Developers, Architects, Engineers, Planners, Designers, Contractors and the Public about environmental issues and our responsibility to the future generations.

The GBI rating tool provides an opportunity for developers and building owners to design and construct green, sustainable buildings that can provide energy savings, water savings, a healthier indoor environment, better connectivity to public transport and the adoption of recycling and greenery for their projects and reduce our impact on the environment.

GBI is developed specifically for the Malaysian-tropical climate, environmental and developmental context, cultural and social needs and is created to:

•	Define green buildings by establishing a common language and standard of measurement;
•	Promote integrated, whole-building designs that provides a better environment for all;
•	Recognise and reward environmental leadership;
•	Transform the built environment to reduce its negative environmental impact; and
•	Ensure new buildings remain relevant in the future and existing buildings are refurbished and upgraded to improve the overall quality of our building stock. Summary of the GBI More update at http://www.greenbuildingindex.org/

WOODEN LAPTOP from ASUS

Dear bloggers,
2009 has been theme practically will be GREEN. I've bought new edition TOPGEAR magazine, with loads of pages with green cars (electric cars, hybrid cars and so on). So why don't we support these campaign, yeah!





"computer company asus launched its bamboo laptop last saturday in taipei as part of taiwan's IT month exhibition. the laptop that was first announced last year as a prototype has now gone into
production. the shell of the laptop is made of real bamboo and is part of asus's efforts to use renewable materials in products. it will retail for approximately 1800 US dollars."

http://www.asus.com

Global warming effect

watchout....haha

Green 'new' Tower by Daniel Libeskind

"the latest towering building planned to grace the new york city skyline is one madison avenue by architect daniel libeskind. the 54-story condo building stands out from the crowd of glass towers by incorporating a series of ‘sky gardens’ at different parts of the building. the green spaces would be enclosed in cylindrical glass tubes at the centre of the building and cut-aways in the face would open them up to the outside. the openings also provide the condominiums in that part of the tower with balconies. while the images here depict a rather daring design, they were made over a year ago and have probably changed dramatically. however more details on the project can be found in libeskind’s new monograph ‘counterpoint’. "

http://www.daniel-libeskind.com