Posts tagged: Construction and Maintenance

Landcom’s New Eco-Living Home is Greencycle

By Lynne Blundell Landcom has opened its second Eco-Living Display Home, Greencycle, one of three homes it is developing to promote sustainable building products and construction methods (see our earlier story on this) Located at The Ponds in Sydney’s north-west, The Greencycle home has a seven star rating and features building materials and products that [...]

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Building a Green Home – Recycled Glass

Courtesy: greenlivingideas.info Article by Brandon Jones These days, many people start to think about the environment. One of the possible reasons for this is that people experience global warming these days and feels very uncomfortable about it. Because of this, many people would like to do their part by building a green home. However, not [...]

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7 Winter Prep Tips to Keep Your Heating Bill Down

Courtesy: Katherine Tworsey Winter is just around the corner and we all can look forward to higher energy costs. Depending on where you live and the severity of the winter, heating bills can really get out of hand. The dead of winter is no time to be trying to make your home more energy efficient. [...]

Monday December 5th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

7 Most Striking Examples of Green Building

Green architecture is the future architecture to tackle the power shortage and to preserve our environment from pollution. Many government and private organizations are coming up with new innovative ideas to boost the green architecture. These buildings will feed on renewable sources for energy and will cut down the carbon emission in huge amount. Since [...]

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BioAsphalt – A Renewable Construction Material

Courtesy: i.bnet.com Guest Post by Randy West Conventional asphalt is petroleum based and it contains toxic, heavy metals including nickel, lead, mercury, and arsenic just to name a few. It doesn’t take a M.D. to imagine the negative environmental and health impacts cause by utilizing traditionally manufactured asphalt. Today’s ‘green revolution’ has brought about an [...]

Tuesday October 18th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »