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Solar and Wind Step by Step Become independent and produce your own sustainable energy. Anyone can do it! www.earth4energy.com Free Energy? Is it a hoax or does it really exist? Get the manual for constructing your own energy generator www.magniwork.com DYI Solar Panel Save thousands by learning how to make your own solar panels for less than $200 www.greendiyenergy.com Alternate Energy Best Deals Get everything from a great advice to the last screw for your sustainable house project www.altestore.com
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Grameen Shakti has sold and installed over 65,000 solar home-systems (SHS) in rural Bangladesh, and brought major benefits to its users. Nearly 70% of households in Bangladesh are not connected to the electricity grid and depend on kerosene for lighting. This includes most rural areas and extends as far as the fringes of Dhaka. There are plans to extend the grid, but there is little prospect of substantial change in the foreseeable future. By selling SHS, Grameen Shakti has provided lighting, communications (especially mobile phone charging) and TV, and has increased employment opportunities. It is the largest single installer of SHS in Bangladesh. This impressive number of installations has been achieved by enabling users to purchase their systems on micro-credit with affordable terms, tailored to their specific needs. Funding for the micro-credit system comes from the World Bank and GEF via the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) which provides Grameen Shakti with both subsidy and concessional loans. The cash pool from credit repayments will enable Grameen Shakti to continue the scheme when the subsidy, which is being phased out, ceases in 2008. Grameen Shakti has also started a network of technology centres throughout the country to manage the installation and maintenance of SHS locally. It emphasises the importance of technicians who know local customs working through local branches, and has trained 2,000 (mainly female) technicians. It aims to install 100,000 systems by 2006 and sees the potential to install one million systems by 2015. Duration : 0:4:38
This discussion addressed how cutting-edge science and technology, along with common sense, are creating increasingly sustainable urban environments. Panelists included Eugenie Birch, Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and Education; Laura Blau, GAR’95, Principal Architect at BluPath Design; Gregory Krykewycz, C’00, Senior Transportation Planner for the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission; Anne Papageorge, Vice President of Facilities and Real Estate Services; and Matthew L. Scullin, C’05, Founder and CEO, Alphabet Energy, Inc. Duration : 1:17:55
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Panel 1- Leveraging Scale and The Role of Government Leading by Example.
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
This video can be downloaded here: http://www.ashdenawards.org/winners/grameen Grameen Shakti won an Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy in 2006. To find out more visit the link above and check out the Ashden Awards Blog http://ashdenawards.blogspot.com
“Going green” is about more than simply planting a tree or recycling a soda can. Achieving a sustainable urban community requires attention to public transit, infrastructure improvements, local agriculture, and much more. 
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
Part 2 of series by NEXT Design for your Modern Home. RDC Fine Homes shows us how a rammed earth sustainable house is built.
Environmental retro-fit of Victorian house in Camden.
Developed for a competition to help design a Boys and Girls Center in an urban area that would house all needed functions, while bringing in sustainable features whereever possible. This sustainable design takes the best of sustainability and developed its functions as a learning tool for children who will use this facility everyday.
What is sustainable design? Selena Griffith, from COFA’s School of Design Studies, explains the move towards a design process that minimises harm on social, economic and environmental levels.