Smart Tech Helps NY Times Building Cut Lighting Costs Dramatically! (1)
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Last summer, it was the ceramic rod curtain wall. Now, it's the lighting system. Various green aspects of the New York Times Building continue to make high profile news and it's only been a year since the modern building opened. Here's the deal: The Times Company installed Lutron's Quantum solution, a total light management system that includes daylight, occupant, target set point, time clock, and emergency lighting controls. Although the building was originally designed to ...
Eight Ways to Build a Better House in a Crappy Economy (10)
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James Russell, architecture critic for Bloomberg, should have been at the Re-Imagining Cities: Urban Design after the age of Oil conference last week, because he certainly has the right idea. He concurs with this writer that the solutions for building in a world with expensive oil won't be high tech but simple and logical, things we have known for centuries and have just ignored. He writes: Americans finally may have understood the relationship of oil ...
Builder LivingHome Green Prefab Planned for Las Vegas IBS 2009 (2)
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Well, if you didn't have a reason to visit Las Vegas in January 2009, maybe we could give you one now. Builder is teaming up with LivingHomes and KieranTimberlake to place this beautiful, green prefab on the exhibit floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center at the International Builders' Show (IBS) 2009. The modern 2000 sf prefab will be built with steel-wood modules and an abundant list of sustainable materials. Its ostensible purpose, I believe, ...
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Juryns motivering: För att han hela tiden överraskar och utmanar, både sig själv och bloggformen. För att han är en onelinermaskin som dessutom vet att utnyttja bilden. För att han hela tiden varierar sig i längd, bredd och djup. För att han är en bjussig grubblare som aldrig förlorar sin humor och aldrig fjäskar för sina läsare. För att han kan mynta klassiker och för att han är skönt sjuk i huvet. Det är för ...
‘Watchmen’ Trailer Inspired By ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Trailer? (1)
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Hey gamers, have you noticed anything familiar about the new “Watchmen” movie trailer? Listen to this: Then, listen to the music in this: I went through most of my life not hearing Philip Glass’ song “Pruit Igoe” — or even knowing what it was — until Rockstar Games licensed it for the first Glass-inspired “GTA IV” trailer. And now I’m hearing it again, 19 months later, in a movie trailer that’s aimed at much the ...
Shane Duan: Staying Agile by Going off "Agile" (2)
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This is a blog post of a statement that I finally made after reading "The Decline and Fall of Agile"I am going off "Agile"No, I am not going to give up test-driven development. In fact, I am doing more of it by adopting more behavior-driven development, which is actually harder at certain cases. It helps me understand the code and verifies the design (I believe it does that rather than "drives" out the design nowadays ...
Space Stations Were Always So Green (2)
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Avi at Dark Roasted Blend does a great collection of images of distant worlds, but I was most interested in the visions of space stations from NASA Ames in the early 1970s; notice how everything is so green....
zBoards Green Furniture Building Blocks (1)
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I've just recently come across an interesing company, Way Basics, that's making eco-friendly furniture blocks called zBoards. zBoards are made from post-consumer recycled paper and can be recycled with no waste when their use is over. Their website markets the zBoards with one, main, simple statement: No Waste. No Rules. No Tools. And it's a compelling premise, especially if you've ever spent some time putting together an IKEA drawer or something. zBoards and blocks are ...
Espace de noms dans PHP (namespace) (1)
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C’est décidé, le séparateur des espaces de noms pour PHP sera \ le "backslash". Cette décision fait couler beaucoup d’encre, particulièrement les personnes trouvant ce caractère trop Windows. Je me rappelle de ma première réaction avec les décorateurs Python commençant par l’arobase @. Je trouvais cela moche et trop Perl à mon goût. Maintenant, je trouve cela normal. Que cela soit ::, :::, /, , ou n’importe quel autre caractère, l’important est que cela se ...
绿色设计之微型风力发电机 (3)
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分类: 精彩杂录, 特色报道TOP10顶级绿色设计-Yanko Design系列文章已发布：绿色设计之"战区蝙蝠侠"、绿色设计之"我家有个生态圈"、绿色设计之"立体农场"-Vertical Farm Project今天我们关注的是排名第六的Architectural Wind风力发电由于高昂的安装费用和城市的相关条款等等原因在市区里限制发展。然而如今Aerovironment开辟了一条城市风力发电的新思路。它涉及了一系列的小型、静音的发电机。绰号为'Architectural Wind'的系统能够嵌入到建筑物的护栏上。优化过的发电机能够带来30%的性能提升。更为重要的是，'Architectural Wind'使得风力发电在城市里的应用更为方便、高效。继续阅读全文 绿色设计之微型风力发电机引用来源 | 此文章网址 | 转寄此文章 | 回应
AND SO IT BEGINS…. (1)
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Aaaand…..its the 20th!! Oasis 2k8 kicks off 4 days of fun and absolute insanity with Inaug this evening at 7:30 pm. The countdown narrows down to its last hours, and the tension and expectation in the atmosphere is palpable…Art n Dee quadruples its rate of work on the giant guitar, the FDs reverberate with the sound of people from various clubs/departments losing it, in some way or the other, in last-moment preparation blues, stalls of ...
Eco Modern Chestnut Residence [Video] (1)
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It's been a long time, it seems, since our last video, so why not get back in the habit? I noticed this high quality video of the Chestnut Residence, which was designed by Dan Heinfeld of LPA Architects, and thought all the eco modern enthusiasts would enjoy it. All versions of the video that I've seen get cut off at about the three minute point, so I'll update it if I find a better version. ...
Green Hybrid Residence for a Briard (3)
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Designed by Sander Architects, this part prefab, all custom-made home was recently profiled in the NY Times in an article entitled "Prefab, High-Concept, and Green." The exposed denim insulation and loft-like interior caught my eye, so I decided to learn more about it. Apparently, the owners retained Sander Architects to build something that was very green, on a super-tight budget, and amenable to the owner's large French Briard dog. The resulting 4,200 sf home, according ...
TOP10顶级绿色设计-Yanko Design (3)
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分类: 精彩杂录, 外围设备 Yanko Design是一个介绍工业设计的网站，最近它推出了Top 10 of Green Design 回顾了近来发布的一些绿色设计。以下是这10个设计的排名： 10) Com-bat 9) Lotus Eco-Elise 8 ) River Plant Aquarium 7) Vertical Farm 6) Architectural Wind 5) frogLight 4) Twirl n' Take 3) gDiapers 2) Saverclip 1) Kupe furniture "继续阅读"里有这10项设计的介绍和相关链接:)。继续阅读全文 TOP10顶级绿色设计-Yanko Design引用来源 | 此文章网址 | 转寄此文章 | 回应
Wordia: dicionário audiovisual (1)
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Ao invés de em texto, o Wordia oferece o significado das palavras em formato de vídeo. Se quiser, você pode enviar um vídeo explicando, do seu jeito, o significado de um verbete. Por enquanto, somente em inglês. Há um ano, a Merriam-Webster lançou um dicionário inglês-inglês online e gratuito em imagens. Obrigado pela dica, Mariana! Post relacionado: Para entender o que os especialistas estão falando Compartilhar
12 Ways to Green Your Home for Winter: What Gives You the Most Bang for the Buck (2)
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Heating, cooling and lighting our houses belches out a third of our carbon dioxide and sucks a lot of money out of our wallets in the process. There are so many guides and websites that tell you what to do fix this from insulating your walls to changing your windows. But if you are into frugal green living, what should you do first? What is the most effective thing to do? What gives the most ...
