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  • Thumbnail image of Volunteers “Barn-Raise” a Low Carbon School in Bangladesh

    Volunteers “Barn-Raise” a Low Carbon School in Bangladesh

    The METI school was a barn-raising effort accomplished in just four months by local craftsmen, teachers, parents and students from Bangladesh. It won the Aga Khan award for architecture. Two European architects helped local craftsmen build on the traditional skills and materials, while refining the processes and learning new techniques to improve the safety and […]

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  • Thumbnail image of Hyper-Efficient Wyoming Home Bucks 90% Coal-Powered State Trend

    Hyper-Efficient Wyoming Home Bucks 90% Coal-Powered State Trend

    Who thinks advanced energy efficiency when they think of 90% coal-powered Wyoming? Not me. The average house in the state has to use over 800 kilowatt hours a month of the dirtiest energy in the US, to heat and power the same iPods and so on that in the other states take half those kilowatts […]

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  • Thumbnail image of New Rammed Earth Design: Tough, Eco-Correct, & Very Chic

    New Rammed Earth Design: Tough, Eco-Correct, & Very Chic

    While people have built houses out of earth over the millennia, a new take on “rammed earth” building now makes it possible to make buildings out of earth that are both modern looking, elegant and extremely strong. Rammed earth walls that comprise both interior and exterior face in one integrated piece makes this building technology […]

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