Damien Somerset and Nicole Bassett of Shift33 put together this video interview with Leo Marmol, innovator of green prefab. Definitely worth a view. I’ve always been an advocate of green prefab, because I think it’s where the green building revolution is going in the future. What do you think?
Via Marmol Radziner Blog.
If you’re on the West Coast and want to check out modern prefab a la Dwell, the experts of modern prefab, now’s your chance. The Dwell NextHouse by Empyrean – Silicon Valley will be open for tours to the public March 29-30, 2008. The 2,400 sf prefab was designed to accommodate natural light, solar orientation, seasonal shading from vegetation, and prevailing wind movement, and also to contribute to passive heating and cooling.
Plus, for a sneak preview of the inside of the Silicon Valley NextHouse, I’ve embedded a little video from sallyTV founder, Sally Kuchar, interior designer for the project. I think you’ll enjoy the over dub …
Recently, I saw this article about Howcast and was quite intrigued by the startup company. Howcast is run by ex-Googlers with the intent of becoming the YouTube of instructional videos. It’s a good idea, I think. After reading the article, I thought, it’d be nice to see videos on eco-friendly home renovations. Green kitchen rehabs. Eco-friendly landscaping. Do it yourself energy audits. Etc. Well, Howcast is already publishing some good green living and environmental instructional videos. You’ll find the videos helpful in that they tell you what you need, provide printable instructions, and allow you to skip to different steps in the video. Here are a couple others.
++How to Reduce Your Home Heating Costs
++How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
This is a brand spanking new video of the inspiring William McDonough speaking at the World Future Energy Summit in January 2008. He wrote the book on this topic — and it’s made of plastic for a reason. In the video, McDonough talks about taking action: Less bad is not good. Efficiency per se won’t cut it. This is high quality, unmissable video. You may find the following links helpful as you listen:
++Masdar – Zero Carbon, Zero Waste City in Abu Dhabi
++Office Building of the Future – Just Like a Tree!
Via scribe media.
The excellent bloggers at Scribe Media just posted a video of Miami-based architect Chad Oppenheim. Oppenheim is the designer of COR Tower, an eco-tower that has wind turbines at the peak. Please note, this post and the video have been modified slightly to protect confidential information not released publicly. We respect that. Enjoy!
[RSS Readers – Click to View] This video was just uploaded yesterday and it’s nice to hear Ed Mazria explain Architecture 2030 in his own words. We’re talking about the architecture and building community response to climate change. You’ll remember that Mazria garnered mainstream media attention last year with the insightful, poignant phrase, "If you want to stop global warming, stop coal." As Mazria explains in the video, there are a few ways to stop coal … watch and enjoy the weekend.
