News tagged with sustainable architecture

White roofs to make for cooler Melbourne buildings

The research assesses the benefits of white roofs and aims to help residential, commercial and industrial building owners determine if white roofs are suitable for their buildings and guide them through the best materials ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Setting sail in an ecological 'Earthship'

Could sustainable architecture address pollution, climate change and resource depletion by helping us build self-sufficient, off-grid, housing from "waste", including vehicle tires and metal drinks containers? That's the ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

New designs for smarter buildings

After two years of design, experimentation, fund-raising and building, the University of Arizona's Solar Decathlon team has completed construction of its 800-square-foot solar-powered house on the National Mall in Washington, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Hacking code of leaf vein architecture solves mysteries, allows predictions of past climate

(Phys.org) -- UCLA life scientists have discovered new laws that determine the construction of leaf vein systems as leaves grow and evolve. These easy-to-apply mathematical rules can now be used to better ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Scientists announce coalition to develop the world's cleanest passenger locomotive

Plans to create the world's first carbon-neutral higher-speed locomotive were announced today by the Coalition for Sustainable Rail (CSR), a collaboration of the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment (IonE) ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

'Ethical Adaptation to Climate Change' envisions the good life in a harsher world

Think like a planet - and reorganize society to reflect it, says Case Western Reserve University's environmental ethicist Jeremy Bendik-Keymer. That's a new way of thinking about reversing the tide of climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Recycled, reusable storm drain filter

(Phys.org) -- A team of students from the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering won the top prize at an international environmental design competition this month for a reusable ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Could universal design be the next mainstream movement in architecture, planning?

Universal design, which employs design to encourage health and wellness and other quality-of-life improvements, may be poised to become the next mainstream endeavor in architecture and planning, according ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New insights into when beach sand may become unsafe for digging and other contact

On warm days, the beach seems an ideal destination for family rest and relaxation. Who hasn't built a sand castle or been buried up to the neck in sand? However, that family fun has a dark side -- sand can ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Green homes use 80 per cent less energy

Clever, inexpensive design can cut the energy used in new homes by up to 80 per cent, says a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researcher.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researcher tests performance of diverse HPC architectures

Surveying the wide range of parallel system architectures offered in the supercomputer market, an Ohio State University researcher recently sought to establish some side-by-side performance comparisons.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA Space Network to begin new design phase for ground segment

The Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment effort successfully completed its Key Decision Point - B review at NASA allowing the project to proceed into Phase B of its lifecycle, the Mission Definition Phase. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Butterfly wings' 'art of blackness' could boost production of green fuels

Butterfly wings may rank among the most delicate structures in nature, but they have given researchers powerful inspiration for new technology that doubles production of hydrogen gas — a green fuel of the future — ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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