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Financial Consultant’s Live/Work is Green, Crisp and Cool

Situated overlooking Switzerland’s Lake Lugano, this subtle, sleek and sophisticated residence and office offer a financial consultant and her family the security of heating with renewable energy.

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Chicago’s Solar Decathlon Entry Designs Comfort After Disaster

More than 4,000 international engineering, architecture and interior design students competed in this year’s solar decathlon, an annual competition run by the US Department of Energy in an attempt to drive the development of clean energy powered and efficient building.

This year’s affordability contest cut home costs by 33% compared to the 2009 competition, as Energy Secretary Steven Chu pointed out at the closing ceremony. But perhaps the most intriguing, is this home designed to help victims of disasters adjust psychologically after losing their home.

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Recycled Tropical Hardwoods Fill Jakarta Eco Home

Captured in these intriguing photos from Fernando Gomulya is a complex and interesting house marked by inlays of ornate tropical hardwoods set in the south of Jakarta, a region still dominated by lush, tropical forest.

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Traditional Eco Housing Wins Ireland’s “Best Housing” Award

Cox Power Architects were the winners of the 2011 RIAI Awards for “Best Housing” for a small settlement: Kilmeena Village. The brief was to create a new community center and child care space and 14 new houses for the Mayo County Council.

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Which is Worse for Birds – Wind Turbines, or Your Windows?

Your windows, by a long shot. Estimates are that collisions with windows kill more than 100 million birds every year in the United States. Birds can’t see glass, and windows on buildings are a major cause of avian fatalities around the world.

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