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Summer 2013 Green Events

There are several green events to attend while the kids are out of school this summer. Bring them along and make it an educational vacation!

Mark Your Calendars for these Upcoming Green Events

NY13 Passive House Symposium – June 8, 2013 in New York City, New York
GreenerBuilder 2013 – June 12, 2013 in San Francisco, California
BALLE 2013 (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies) – June 12-14, 2013 in Buffalo, New York
Sustainability and the C-Suite – June 13, 2013 – Online Webinar from University of Oregon
LOHAS Business Conference (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) – June 18-20, 2013 in Boulder, Colorado
Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) National Geothermal Summit – June 26-27, 2013 – Reno, Nevada
InterSolar North America: Connecting Solar Business – July 8-11, 2013 in San Francisco, California
Habitat X Summer National Conference – July 30 – August 2, 2013 in Helena, Montana
Hanley Award for Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Housing: Award Presentation Dinner – September 4, 2013 in Washington, D.C.
Solar Power International 2013 – October 21-24, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois

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By Jetson Green|June 19th, 2013|Events|1 Comment

This Summer – Take Your Family Cargo Container Camping

Looking for a green way to spend your summer vacation this year? Less than a one-hour drive east of Seattle, Washington, you can find the Tolt MacDonald Park & Campground nestled in the Tolt River-John MacDonald Park, which is run by King County Natural Resources and Parks.

The Tolt Campground unveiled its first new Camping Container last September, an upcycled surplus 24-foot shipping container that utilizes recycled and sustainable materials to provide comfortable accommodations to visiting families (it sleeps up to four in a double/single futon bunk bed and a futon chair that converts to a single bed).

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By Jetson Green|June 18th, 2013|Container Design|2 Comments

Vertical Garden Keeps Casa CorManca Cool and Comfortable

Casa CorManca is a sustainable home that was designed by Paul Cremoux Studio and is located in Mexico City, where sustainable construction has yet to make a significant impact on some of the world’s worst urban air pollution levels. Cremoux says that many of his clients do not yet realize the importance of a sustainable design strategy in heavily-populated city that is located in a hot, dry desert climate.

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By Jetson Green|June 17th, 2013|Vegetation|0 Comments

Zigloo Domestique is First Canadian Shipping Container Home

Residential designer, Keith Dewey, has designed what is considered to be the first shipping container building in Canada: a home in which he lives with his wife and daughter in Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia. Built on a 42 by 40 foot lot, the home comprises 2,000 square feet of living space and was constructed of eight twenty-foot shipping containers that were modified to include windows, doors, and a “proper roof.”

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By Jetson Green|June 14th, 2013|Container Design|10 Comments

D-Process Creates Lego-Like Pieces for Homes to be Built Right On Site

Facit Homes has patented the D-Process, a high-tech machine that turns a 3D computer model of a home into functional pieces that can be snapped together to build an entire house directly on-site.

With the help of D-Process, the company designs detailed pieces of each home on a computer and cuts them on a CNC router, and the result is plywood pieces that are light and easy to assemble right at the site. This maintains a quick process for homes that easily snap together with minimal costs and waste.

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By Jetson Green|June 13th, 2013|Green Building, Prefab|4 Comments

LEED Platinum Awarded to “Livable Sculpture” SoCal Home Workplace

Designed for private investor, Craig Ehrlich, by John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects, this 1,150 square foot single-family home was built on a lot that is adjacent to the Ehrlich family home that was designed by the same firm about ten years ago, which was built around a garden and featured a graywater recycling system, photovoltaic system, and radiant heating.

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By Jetson Green|June 11th, 2013|LEED|3 Comments

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