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The Open Source House Project (English spoken)

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:29:10 +0000

To overcome housing problems such as expensive building materials and inefficient construction methods, Open Source House created 8 eco-architectural principles. Which stimulate the design of affordable and flexible house components to build sustainable housing in developing countries

Do you want to participate in the competition?
check http://www.os-house.org

Duration : 0:1:27

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Polished concrete floor in ecological, sustainable house by www.milessampson.com

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:26:25 +0000

Polished concrete floor made of eco cement and recycled glass in ecological low energy house designed by the architect Miles Sampson. The house and other projects can be viewed at www.milessampson.com This house was featured on TV and this and other clips are taken from the programs. The house is located in Co. Clare in the west of Ireland. It has grass roofs, triple glazing, cedar timber cladding. It has an open plan orientated to the south to take advantage of passive solar gains. This house is not a fully passive house or passiv haus but due to its detailed design will require little energy to heat. The house also features a wood pellet boiler, vacuum tube solar panels and a heat recovery ventilation system. It uses low embodied energy materials like cellulose recycled newspaper insulation, eco concrete, ecocem, timber frame, lime on wood fibre render system. This building features many more green or sustainable aspects which can be seen at www.milessampson.com

Duration : 0:1:18

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Green building goes high tech

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:20:18 +0000

This year’s Greenbuild conference in Boston showed off the latest innovations in sustainable construction.

Duration : 0:2:19

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Green Home Design

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:20:08 +0000

Green home design used to be popular because of tax credits. Green home design includes energy efficiency and designing for your climate. Green home design is sustainable and can be a reflection of the self. Learn more about green home design from author and architect Sarah Susanka.

Duration : 0:4:22

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Cal-Earth: Sustainable Building in Harmony with Nature – P2/2

admin — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:48:13 +0000

http://SupremeMasterTV.com GOLDEN AGE TECHNOLOGY Cal-Earth: Sustainable Building in Harmony with Nature – P2/2. Episode: 1051, Air Date: 31 July 2009.

Duration : 0:15:11

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LACCD Sustainable Building Program

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:42:08 +0000

LACCD Sustainable Building Program

Duration : 0:8:40

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Autodesk Revit Sustainable BIM Software – buildaroo.com

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:21:42 +0000

Autodesk is one of the leading manufacturers of architectural design software. At this year’s Greenbuild conference, the Buildaroo News Team interviewed Catherine from Autodesk about the company’s Revit software, which is a Building Information Modeling (BIM) software that helps you explore early design concepts and forms. And the essential building information modeling (BIM) data that Autodesk Revit Architecture software provides can be used to support sustainable design, clash detection, construction planning, and fabrication. Michael from Autodesk walks us through the system’s sustainable features as well as its unique built-in weather database in the above video.

Some sustainable features built into the system include:
- water and energy use
- PV use
- LEED credits
- daylighting
- light controls and occupancy sensors
- carbon emissions
- insulation
- HVAC
- wall and roof construction
- The system allows you to generate an estimated energy bill and to then work on design alternatives to decrease energy cost.

Another really useful and unique feature of this system is its large built-in weather data base. Green Building studio draws from 1.6 million weather stations around the world and therefore ensures that the weather conditions you use in your design are accurate to that area.

Duration : 0:6:32

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Building An Ecologically Sensible Home

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:21:15 +0000

Peak Moment 103: Wanting to live a “reasonable, comfortable life” in tune with nature, Ann and Gord Baird are building a near “net zero energy” home on Vancouver Island. Their plans: the first load bearing, seismically engineered, two story, insulated, cob residence in North America. Solar PV panels for electricity with grid tie. (Wind power will come later.) Passive solar design with solar thermal for hydronic heating and domestic hot water. Composting toilets to enrich the earth for gardens along with grey water recovery for orchard irrigation. Rainwater catchment from a living roof tops off this sustainable, affordable, natural home for their three-generation family of six. Follow their progress at www.eco-sense.ca.

Looking for a specific topic in our Peak Moment library? Visit www.peakmoment.tv. Go to “conversations” and click a tag, or do a search. Our home page lists “specials” (presentations and conferences) available on DVD. Subscribe to our email newsletter. Or go to “journal” to join the dialogue on Janaia’s Journal.

Duration : 0:27:38

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ICF Windows & Bracing – Quad-Lock Insulated Concrete Forms

admin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:37:01 +0000

Training Video 7 of 12: Window Buck Installation, Bracing, and Top of Wall Installation for Quad-Lock Insulating Concrete Forms (ICF), a revolutionary construction method for sustainable (green), energy efficient, safe and comfortable buildings

Duration : 0:5:17

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ICF Components – Quad-Lock Insulated Concrete Forms

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:38:41 +0000

Training Video 2 of 12: Components of Quad-Lock Insulating Concrete Forms (ICF), a revolutionary construction method for sustainable (green), energy efficient, safe and comfortable buildings

Duration : 0:4:25

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