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Single Fixture Features Natural and LED Light
Supporting its continued commitment to delivering innovative, energy-efficient products, Solatube® International Inc., the worldwide leading manufacturer and marketer of Tubular Daylighting Devices (TDDs), introduced its latest product innovation to its commercial product line, the Integrated LED Light Kit. The new Integrated LED Light Kit allows the integration of natural light and traditional electric light from a…
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Breakthrough Coating Regulates Temperature Without Consuming Energy
Scientists have developed an all-season smart-roof coating that keeps homes warm during the winter and cool during the summer without consuming natural gas or electricity. Research findings reported in the journal Science point to a groundbreaking technology that outperforms commercial cool-roof systems in energy savings. “Our all-season roof coating automatically switches from keeping you cool…
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AEC Hackathon 6.1 Inspires Creative Solutions
Editor’s Note: Each award-winning team contributed to this article by providing a description of its product. Last month, fifty plus people gathered to geek out for two days to attend the AEC Hackathon 6.1 Silicon Valley, the fortieth hackathon that has taken place since 2013. The AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) Hackathon was created to give…
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Reinventing the Toilet
Since 2011, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has sponsored the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge, providing grants and investment to researchers around the world. Last week, the Foundation along with global innovators, development banks, corporate partners, sanitation utilities and governments hosted the first Reinvented Toilet Expo in Beijing. The Reinvent the Toilet Challenge challenges innovators to…
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Making Water From Air
Architects are often trained as generalists who think about problems globally. Leave it up to an architect and his team to come up with a smart solution to address a critical global water crisis – the severe lack of accessible and clean potable water throughout the world. Congratulations to architect David Hertz and inventor Rich Groden…
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Webinar: Safe and Circular
The What: What materials should we use to create things? Circular design encourages us to rethink business models, how we make products, and to consider the system surrounding them, but we also need to think about the materials we use. Whether it’s improving the safety of users or ensuring that resources can be used again and again…
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Sand Scarcity in the Construction Industry
How does sand scarcity affect housing and the construction industry? When thinking about building a new house, building, or even city infrastructure, most people don’t realise that sand is actually a fundamental element of construction. Why? Because sand is a key ingredient in creating concrete. Due to continuously growing population and the increasing urbanization rate,…
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100% Natural Ventilation at Harvard’s HouseZero
A pre-1940s-residential building situated in Harvard University’s campus is being renovated to inspire others on how old and conservative design can be altered to create an ultra-efficient facility with ambitious performance targets. The building, which is to be completed in the spring of 2018, will house The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities’ headquarters,…
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To Catch the Rain
A Kickstarter project, To Catch the Rain is a book of inspiring stories of communities coming together to catch their own rain, along with the nitty-gritty details so that anyone can do it. It is a book for people looking to build a better future together. It includes: Inspiring stories: Real life accounts of catching…
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BuildingGreen’s Top 10 Products for 2018
BuildingGreen’s team recently announced its 2018 Top 10 Products List, a list that is well respected and one to which I always look forward. I’m particularly excited about the AirFlow Panel and the VersaDry Drywall Track, both of which revolutionize the standard methods of building to make it fundamentally simpler for designers/engineers and builders in terms…