Sustainable design

This stunning luxury house for sale in California will make one lucky buyer very happy. Designed by architect Thomas Robertson of Ripple Design, this Los Angeles, CA, house includes many layers of living space: indoor and outdoor living rooms, and even a rooftop deck that’ll wow with its...

By Wilma(noreply@blogger.com) I read a lot about it and it touches of course the topics I stay focused on as my core business is product design and development; sustainable design! I am not a scientist and can only do so much that's why I am trying to stay up to date on the topics in my field which is how to create sustainable pr...

By Mike Chino If we were stuck on a desert island with only one book, this recently unveiled solar e-book would be at the top of our list! Designed by LG Display, the sleek reader features a wafer-fin photovoltaic cell that provides it with a steady stream of solar energy. Whereas most e-books run the risk...

By Ariel Schwartz Read the rest of Researchers Generate Biofuel from Tuberculosis Bacteria Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: biofuel, energy biodiesel, gas, genetic engineering, green design, MIT, sustainable design, tuberculosis

By Mike Chino Heads up all Bay Area green building buffs – West Coast Green 2009 is just two week’s away, and tickets are selling fast! Taking place from October 1-3 at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center, this year’s program promises another star-studded lineup of speakers, an inspiring series of pane...

By Mike Chino Heads up all engineers, architects, and designers in NYC! The urbanSHED design competition is looking for a better sidewalk shed, and they’re giving away $25,000 in prizes plus the chance to construct the winning design! Anyone who’s every visited a dense city is likely to be familiar w...

Divided into three sections, the course addresses Sustainable Development, Insulation Systems, Technical Aspects and Environmental and Economic Aspects. ...

The Government's Code for Sustainable homes measures the sustainability of a new home against nine categories of sustainable design. ...

By Mike Chino Fans of fine Scandinavian design rejoice - Copenhagen Design Week is currently taking Denmark by storm and Inhabitat is on the scene to bring you all of the freshest designs and most exciting events! Running from August 27 - September 6th, this annual celebration of social and environme...

Just off of US Highway 30 in Ames, 800 square feet of sustainable design is taking shape. ... and more »

LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, and is the US Green Building Council's rating for energy efficient, sustainable design. and more »

By Jill Fehrenbacher REMINDER: The Deadline for REBURBIA Design Contest is July 31st! Anyone who has been watching the subprime mortgage meltdown take over sprawling suburban communities while greenhouse gas emissions continue to accelerate would say that the future of suburbia looks bleak. That’s why w...

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By Bridgette Meinhold Dutch architect Ben van Berkel of UNStudio recently unveiled a new set of elegantly twisting sustainable skyscrapers that will grace the skyline of Hangzou, China by 2012. Dubbed Raffles City, the design features two 60-story tall buildings set near the Qiangtan River in the captial ci...

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 GA Some of the courses also will focus on green engineering, sustainable design and emerging pollutants such as prescription drugs. Mines said he hopes some students will work with their professors on original research that could benefit the Macon area. ...

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 NC The 54000-square-foot dealership incorporates sustainable design and will include a high efficiency HVAC system and low-flow water fixtures. Preference will be given to products that contain a high recycled content and are manufactured near the ...

 NY The 2009 competition invited submissions to produce an image to draw attention to the value of green design and illustrate how design can enhance economic, social and ecological sustainability. A record number of submissions from over 30 countries were ...

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 Canada While Saucier + Perrotte is committed to sustainable design, it is also committed to architectural creativity and innovation. Often, design that is so focused on achieving green design innovation neglects the creative process that leads to great ...

In this role, he will be responsible for providing IIDA Membership with timely and pertinent information regarding sustainable design news, trends, and the impact sustainable design has on the environment. As one of the industry's sustainable design ...

It considers and addresses potential environmental impacts throughout the design process, without compromising functionality, aesthetics, quality, reliability or unnecessarily increasing costs," said Michele Azzopardi, Director, Design Victoria. ...

 Belarus We commend Philadelphia University for engaging its students in a forward-thinking academic programs in architecture and sustainable design, and we are thrilled to support its efforts." "The future of architecture and design is changing in response to ...

The new enablers have been recruited for their experience of architecture; urban design; placemaking; sustainability and sustainable design; schools and healthcare design; procurement and planning; and landscape design and management. ...

 NY As such the design team elected to take the sustainable design criteria further than would have been needed to achieve LEED status. The application of LEED principles beyond scoring the necessary points led to a major shift in traditional technology ...

 OH The design industry within the past decade has increasingly emphasized this so-called “sustainable design” standard amid concerns of rising energy costs and the impact fossil fuels may have on the environment as well as water conservation, ...

 NY IIDEX/NeoCon Canada and the Green Building Festival have forged a strategic partnership to advance the educational opportunities on sustainable design and architecture, offer an expanded range of exhibitors focused on sustainability, and develop site ...

 Canada Through a range of sustainable design strategies, the project has achieved energy savings of more than 40 percent, as compared to a similar building of its type and size. With a partially buried building, the design certainly incorporates a ...

By John The 2009 O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference had a strong sustainability theme this year. One of my favorite prognosticators, Worldchanging Executive Editor Alex Steffen keynoted last Tuesday with some simple and clear rules for the future of sustainable design. Open: Smart:

By Martha Danly Classic modern furniture from Design Within Reach and a recycled wood bed from The Wooden Duck continue the theme of sustainable design; organic cotton sheets from Coyuchi are a wonderful addition. These are but a few of the ways the Gottfrieds have made their home green from the inside ou...

By Jill Fehrenbacher As much as I love it, prefab is dead for a while, or at least in hibernation. It thrived when labor was expensive and hard to find; now trades are available and the prefab factories are already closing down. It will also collide with a bigger trend toward localism: support your local plumber an...

By khowell The TunaHAKI integrated theater and orphanage, in Moshi, Tanzania was one of 11 in the region awarded for illustrating the broad scope of sustainable construction approaches to the built environment. The project focuses on using local production techniques and materials in an effort...

By Vanilla Hustler(alexander@bustler.net) Firm noted for its commitment to sustainable design The AIA Architecture Firm Award, given annually, is the highest honor the AIA bestows on an architecture firm and recognizes a practice that consistently has produced distinguished architecture for at least 10 years.

By Vanilla Hustler(alexander@bustler.net) The special awards awarded include the Good Design Award Best 15, which include the candidates for the Good Design Grand Award, together with the Good Design Sustainable Design Award and Good Design Life-Scape Design Award, which were newly instituted this year.

This project is a great example of sustainable design," said Justin Mihalik, AIA, principal of Jarmel Kizel Architects and Engineers Inc. "Another reason we are excited about this project is because we were able to utilize Building Information Modeling (BIM)."

By Vanilla Hustler(alexander@bustler.net) LPA is a design-centered company that provides services in architecture, engineering, interior design, landscape architecture, planning, signage and graphics. With more LEED-certified buildings than any other firm in the state, LPA houses the top sustainable design experts in bo...

By Vanilla Hustler(alexander@bustler.net) Winning design of U. of Baltimore’s competition for a new law-school building from Behnisch Architekten, Germany Winning design of U. of Baltimore’s competition for a new law-school building from Behnisch Architekten, Germany

The daylong event led off with an address by Ivy, whose topic, "Where In the World Is Architecture: Observation of Design Trends," dealt with global trends in architecture. Using slides to make his point, Ivy discussed how, after a decade of drought through the 1990s, architecture took o...

By Vanilla Hustler(alexander@bustler.net) The 140-unit condominium is a conscious and deliberate effort by both client/developer and the architectural and engineering team to incorporate sustainable design measures. It utilizes green design as a way of marketing a lifestyle and concern for the environment, while simultane...

By John Here at SDU we have covered Squatter Cities often.  Our core belief is that Sustainable Design has to address design for the other 90% of the world that don’t own IPhones.  We design professionals can and must create a better world for the billions of people who live at the bottom of the econo...

By WorldChanging Team Joel Mulligan is currently completing a Masters of Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability degree in Sweden. His work involves sustainable service/systems design, facilitating sustainability-related projects with multi-stakeholder groups, and actively involving proje...

By Steve Cohen, Executive Director, Columbia University’s Earth Institute Today, the issue of global sustainability has moved front and center in our political process, and it is reflected in the way we think about economic development, poverty eradication and even in the way we live. Movie stars and politicians have to think about their carbon footprint-and s...

By WorldChanging Team There's huge interest in sustainability right now, and it makes perfect sense that every professional group and government should get involved in promoting the issue. The question is whether the interest can move beyond enthusiasm (and mere strategy) to actual delivery and developme...

Steel, brick and concrete from the previously existing structures were recycled and reused in the new building. Aged wooden columns were sold to a major international retailer who intends to use them in stores. Sustainable features incorporated in the design include precast panels for...

By Sarah Kuck Building Better Energy Systems: Sustainable Engineering Check out our Worldchanging community discussion on the where to study Sustainable Design and Engineering here. Rochester Institute of Technology Resource The Center for Sustainable Engineering

Robert Ivy, FAIA, editor in chief of Architectural Record, is scheduled to discuss "Where in the World is Architecture: Observations of Design Trends." He will highlight the current trends affecting design and architecture, such as globalization, digital media and sustainable desi...

By WorldChanging Team The first section of the guide (nearly the first half of it) introduces you to the concept of sustainability in all its ecological, social, and financial aspects; it gives overviews of the Natural Step, ecological carrying capacity, different arenas of ecological impact, and so on. It a...

Parsons The New School for Design as announced the winning entries from its first Sustainable Design Review for 2007. The review asked student participants to define sustainability in their own terms, illustrated by their concept submission. This year's first place winner is Caroline...

By Sarah Rich Posted by Sarah Rich in Green Building at 11:06 AM) Sarah Rich The model of sustainable design for urban residential buildings increasingly emphasizes not only energy efficiency and intelligent use of materials, but also social interaction...

By jill(jill@apartmenttherapy.com) Art & Design Events... It's Bathroom Month at Apartment TherapyNext month is our Smallest Coolest Contest!! AT Drinks Party Gus Modern and Apartment Therapy Celebrate Open Thread 400!, the Kick-off of Small Cool 2007, and the opening of Gus' new storeMarch 29th , 6-9pm (cocktails and...

The GSG and Rating System was designed to meet the specific sustainability needs of New York City schools in a cost-effective manner. It is based on the LEED -- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design -- Green Building Rating System, which was developed by the U.S. Green Building Coun...