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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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Californias Long-Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan establishes aggressive goals for reducing energy consumption in homes by 40% statewide by 2020. To meet this target, cities and counties around California are developing aggressive new policies and programs to support and grow the necessary businesses to achieve this goal. Learn how Sonoma County is making progress and how you can take advantage of the emerging opportunities. Brought to you by buildaroo.com. For more videos on energy efficiency and energy training, visit www.buildaroo.com. Duration : 0:9:55
Cameron Sinclair, co-founder of Architecture for Humanity explains how social, cultural and humanitarian design can offer innovative and sustainable solutions to the challenges faced by disadvantaged and devastated communities worldwide. Duration : 0:45:50
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Terramor, a sustainable community in Orange County, is one of the largest sustainable communities in the country. Built on 4000 acres of land, Terramor boasts 1,260 residences in 12 distinctive neighborhoods. Sustainable features include: Energy Efficiency and Reduced Carbon Emissions – EnergyStar appliances, photovoltaic panels integrated into the roofing, electric vehicle charging in garages, Live-Work units to bring services to the community and reduce carbon emissions resulting from commuting, architectural shades, natural ventilation, low-voltage outdoor lighting. Water Efficiency – Irrigation is controlled by a weather-responsive centrally-controlled irrigation system of rain gauges which contributes to reduced water consumption and utility costs for maintaining the common areas, utilization of greywater to irrigate the landscape, use of drip irrigation, low-flow water fixtures. Renewable Materials – Cocoon® insulation, which consists of at least 80 percent recycled material and is fire retardant Locally Sourced Materials Recycling of Construction Waste – Terramor Village builders diverted between 66%-74% of their construction waste from landfills, green waste or landscape clippings used as mulch Air Quality – low VOC paints and coatings, formaldehyde free insulation and building materials Landscaping – shade and tree canopies, drought tolerant plants, edible gardens with fruit bearing trees Terramor’s energy program was aimed at reducing energy by 20%, but in reality, a whooping 30% was realized. In addition, Terramor was designed to save water by 20%, and this goal has also been exceeded. Thanks to John Lehe from EDAW, a global design & planning firm, for giving us a tour of this amazing development. Duration : 0:5:16
Background: We took a trip to Sebastopol, California to tour the first LEED home in the world! The home was built from the ground up by Paul Rosen, Founder of North Bay Energy as well as a builder and sustainability consultant. Amazingly, the house is so energy efficient that the total annual utility cost is less that $10! Skeptical? Well we were too, so Paul invited us to tour the home while he explained all the different design features. This video was produced by buildaroo.com. If you are interested in more information about the home, contact us at contact@buildaroo.com, and we will put you in touch with the owner. And for more videos about sustainable products and companies check out buildaroo.com This video is the sixth part of a series on this home. Look for previous parts of this series, and check back over the next few days for part 7. Duration : 0:1:32
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We like this home because its energy efficiency coupled with the fact that it produces most of its own electricity during peak energy hours means that its carbon footprint is very low. In addition, this home has some really cool design elements and a stunning landscape. This episode covers the home’s beautifully and efficiently designed eco-kitchen. Some of the kitchen’s eco-friendly features include: sustainably manufactured and locally sourced tile countertops, high end durable appliances, water efficient dual drawer dishwasher, natural daylighting with strategic skylight placement, task lighting and reclaimed wood flooring. To see other parts of this sustainable home, stay tuned for the upcoming episodes of this series. If you are interested in more information about the home, contact us at contact@buildaroo.com, and we will put you in touch with the owner. This video is the second part of a series on this home. Check back soon for part 3 at www.buildaroo.com And for more videos and information about sustainable green building check out www.buildaroo.com Duration : 0:1:3 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 |
http://www.inprocorp.com/About/EnviroGT.aspx. With a commitment to green building and green architecture, InPro introduces an extended line of EnviroGT™ products ideal for green construction projects. EnviroGT sustainable products may help contribute credits to your LEED certified project using innovative building materials that contribute to sustainable architecture.
At Cisco Live 2009, Tony Anderson provides a demo showcasing the Cisco Network Building Mediator, a Smart Connected Buildings solution that provides the intelligence to interconnect and enable building systems such as heating, ventilation and cooling (HVAC), lighting, electrical, security, and renewables over the IP network to build smart and energy-efficient buildings of the future. This provides operators and owners of these buildings with new ways of managing how energy is used based on policies that make sense for occupants. For more information, please visit: http://www.cisco.com/go/mediator
The 3-hour seminar is the class given prior to the first HERS (Home Energy Rating System) class given by the CBPCA (California Building Performance Contractors Association). The seminar reviews how the emerging building performance industry is impacting the work of building officials, inspectors, planning personnel, policy makers, and many types of contractors and green building consultants. Current funding available through AB811 tax assessments, federal tax credits, stimulus funding, and utility rebates starting in early 2010 are creating new business opportunities and driving the development of the building performance industry. Learn how you can take advantage of these opportunities in Sonoma County and surrounding areas. In addition, the fundamentals of building science principals will be discussed.
Sustainability As A Matter of Survival: 10 Years of Architecture for Humanity
(October 7, 2009) Sarah Billington, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford, presents interdisciplinary Environmental Venture Project research on carbon-neutral sustainable bio-based composite building materials and bio-plastics sponsored in part by the Woods Institute for the Environment.
Water gardening is one of the best lifestyle choices you can make. Learn how easy it is to add a beautiful, easy to maintain ecosystem pond / water feature to your backyard, patio, or landscaping while adding new biodiversity to your environment. Learn more about sustainable, eco-friendly water gardens at http://www.aquascapeinc.com
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Paul, the owner and builder of this LEED Net Zero home, gives buildaroo.com a tour of the property’s landscaping. The landscaping in this home includes drought tolerant plants watered using a drip irrigation system and a very minimal amount of grass comprising 3% of the property compared to an average of 40% in other homes. Paul says the grass was a compromise to make his family happy, and in order to minimize water usage they chose a drought tolerant grass. To ensure maximum sustainability, they do not use any petrochemicals to fertilize the soil. Paul says that by mulching the grass, it almost completely fertilizes itself.
Went to Pickards Mountain in NC near Chapel Hill and took an 8 day workshop on cob cottage building May 2th through 9th. We were building the cob house for Margo, the garden manager who works on Pickard Mountain. Had a great time….wonderful vegetarian food from the organic garden cooked by Megan the owner on site, great people, good instructors, Gregg and Mike; rain and storms, camping in leaky tents and lot’s of ticks, escaping goats, a sick pick, fresh eggs from chickens on the farm, sore hands and cut feet, laughter and singing, campfires, popcicles and trips to weaver street in muddy clothes….no, really, really muddy clothes. Thanks everyone for a joyful and special week.
We took a trip to Sebastapol, California to tour the first LEED home in the world! The home was built from the ground up by Paul Rosen, Founder of North Bay Energy as well as a builder and sustainability consultant. Amazingly, the house is so energy efficient that the total annual utility cost is less that $10! Skeptical? Well we were too, so Paul invited us to tour the home while he explained all the different design features.