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Update on Double Helix Rising
As the Xinyi Commercial Business District continues to get built out in Taipei, Taiwan, so does Agora Garden, a luxury residential tower designed by Paris-based Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut. Mr. Callebaut is known for his futuristic, sculptural, and super green designs that range from positive energy buildings to eco-cities on land and the ocean. Agora Garden’s…
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NZE Library as Students’ Live Learning Lab
Editor’s Note: This article consists of writing from the Editor as well as WRNS Studio. In light of the upcoming Net Positive Energy and Water Conference to be held on February 18-19 in San Diego, California, I reflect upon the outstanding projects that were showcased at the 2014 Net Positive Energy and Water Conference organized…
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Solar Serpents as Adaptable Global Solution
Editor’s Note: The Solar Serpent in Paradise project was brought to my attention by Mans Tham, a Stockholm-based architect and urban strategist who was educated in Stockholm as well as at U.C. Berkeley. One of his post-graduate classes examined how urban life would change due to peak oil usage in Los Angeles, California, Shanghai, China, and…
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Net Positive Energy + Water Conference 2016
The What: The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) is hosting its third annual Net Positive Energy and Water Conference, dedicated to the exchange of technical expertise, bold strategies and provocative case studies—all aimed at accelerating the global shift toward Net Positive Energy and Water buildings and communities. In the past few years, net positive energy and…
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Architecture at Zero 2015 Winners
Recently the winners of Architecture at Zero 2015 were announced and awarded by PG&E and the American Institute of Architects, California Council. Now in its fifth year, this zero net energy design competition open to architecture, engineering, planning students and professionals was conceived as a response to the zero net energy (ZNE) targets set out…
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Gas Station Transformed into LEED Gold Hotel
If you are planning to visit Healdsburg in the wine country of Northern California, try to check out the LEED Gold certified h2hotel in between your wine tasting. Designed by award-winning David Baker Architects and selected by Fodor’s 100 Hotels 2012 as one of the top recommended hotels in the world, the 36-room inn is…
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From Down and Out to Solar Pioneer
The Housing Authority of the County of Santa Clara (HACSC) has successfully transformed a previously foreclosed federal housing complex into a dignified and energy efficient, affordable family housing complex that annually feeds 244,350 kWh of renewable energy to the power grid and enables all the residents to “go solar” and reap the cost benefits of…
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Building Carbon Zero 2015
The What: The 4th annual Building Carbon Zero conference hosted by Passive House California will take place in Palo Alto, California this year. The Program includes engaging speakers, a bike tour of projects including Palo Alto’s first passive house and a tiny Passive House named Mightyhouse. The keynote speaker will be Peter Busby, Principal at Perkins+Will…
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Triple Green Building Certification Is Achievable
Portland and Seattle-based builder Hammer & Hand was recently awarded the 2015 Housing Innovation Award from the U.S. Department of Energy for its energy consulting on and construction of the Pumpkin Ridge Passive House designed by Scott | Edwards Architecture. Builder and architect worked together closely to meet the homeowners’ spatial and aesthetic goals while also meeting the performance…
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$20M NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE
Registration is open. The grand challenge has been put forth – how can we reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by converting it into something valuable? The $20M NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE will challenge the world to reimagine what we can do with CO2 emissions by incentivizing and accelerating the development of technologies that…