A Seattle firm, HyBrid Architecture, has used shipping containers to build cargotecture one-room cabins and multistory office parks. (via Forget Big-Box Stores. How About A Big-Box House?)
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A Seattle firm, HyBrid Architecture, has used shipping containers to build cargotecture one-room cabins and multistory office parks. (via Forget Big-Box Stores. How About A Big-Box House?)
The Pixel Building in Carlton, Melbourne has received the world’s highest LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating from the US Green Building Council. (via Pixel receives the highest environmental rating in the world)
The tiny village of Feldheim, some 60 kilometers southwest of Berlin, was catapulted by chance to the forefront of the renewable energy movement. Now visitors from around the world are flocking to this otherwise unremarkable rural community to see if they can replicate its success. (via German Village Becomes Model for Renewable Energy)
Having just returned from a United Nations-led tour of disaster-ravaged areas of Japan, Warren Karlenzig reports on efforts across the region to rebuild along smart growth and green economic development models. (via Japan’s Green Renewal?)
Wind Power Projects Lift Off in New York City (via Wind Power Projects Lift Off in New York City)