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Eco design job in Europe

10 Nov 2009 08:24:26 PST

Written by Wilma(noreply@blogger.com)
o2 Member Ursula Tischner from econcept, Agency for Sustainable Design is looking for a part to full time expert in Ecodesign and Design for Sustainability. MUST: Some experience in Ecodesign and Design for Sustainability and fluent in English AND GERMAN

Original story at o2 Western Australia .

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California Luxury House - Cool Eco Sustainable Design for Sale

02 Nov 2009 20:59:47 PST

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...

Original story at trendir.com .

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West Coast Green 2009 is Two Weeks Away!

16 Sep 2009 14:11:07 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at Inhabitat .

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urbanSHED: Design a Better Sidewalk Shed and Win $10,000!

14 Sep 2009 14:00:23 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at Inhabitat .

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New 1800 Larimer tower tops out

20 Aug 2009 11:03:02 PDT

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 »

Original story at Bizjournals.com .

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Green Skyscrapers Unveiled for China’s Raffles City

20 Jul 2009 08:00:23 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at Inhabitat .

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Sustainable design news and blogs - December 01, 2009

01 Dec 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Sustainable design news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Pert Green Drinks 10 November 6-8pm -- by Wilma(noreply@blogger.com) from o2 Western Australia
• Blog action day - Climate change -- by Wilma(noreply@blogger.com) from o2 Western Australia
• LG Unveils Solar Powered E-Book Reader -- by Mike Chino from Inhabitat
• Solar Decathlon 2009 Kicks Off TODAY in Washington DC! -- by Mike Chino from Inhabitat
• Populous Wins Incheon Stadium Design for 2014 Asian Games -- by Mike Chino from Inhabitat
• Bay Line: A High Line Park for San Francisco’s Bay Bridge -- by Mike Chino from Inhabitat
• Hopworksfiets Bike is a Pedal-Powered Party -- by Daniel Flahiff from Inhabitat
• Green Roofs Are Changing the Way Architects Design Buildings -- by Lloyd Alter from Inhabitat
• SolarHeart Generates Energy and Heat in Cold Climates -- by Diane Pham from Inhabitat
• GREEN TALKS: Meet the Inhabitat Editors and Win A Biomega Folding Bike! -- by Jill Fehrenbacher from Inhabitat

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Opinion: SPACE Architects’ Efizia Tower LEEDs Mexico City in Green Design

06 Jul 2009 13:00:02 PDT

Written by Danielle Rago
Permalink | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Architecture, awards, Competitions, Efizia Tower, Green Building, green roofs, high-rise building, Juan Carlos Baumgartner, Latin America, mexico city, Recycled Materials, SPACE Architects + Planners, sustainable design

Original story at Inhabitat .

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Harley-Davidson seeks LEED certification for new Southaven, Miss ...

02 Jun 2009 09:23:17 PDT

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 ...

Original story at Bizjournals.com .

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Sustainable Design Poster Competition Winners Announced

26 May 2009 11:31:52 PDT

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 ...

Original story at TAXI Design Network . Related stories include: Autodesk Helps Cities Track Their Carbon Emissions - Reuters , Early adoption of sustainability technologies in construction ... - AME Info and ... dcnonl.com , Dexigner , Canadian Architect , Clarksville Online , Carolina Newswire , Fast Company , Las Vegas Review-Journal

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smithgroup's Robert Moylan Appointed as IIDA Sustainable Forum Advisor - Earthtimes

13 May 2009 08:21:42 PDT

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 ...

Original story at Earthtimes.org .

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CABE Strengthens Support for Public Sector Clients

24 Apr 2009 10:44:36 PDT

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. ...

Original story at Dexigner .

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Opinion: GREEN DESIGN PREDICTIONS FOR 2009

02 Jan 2009 11:00:25 PST

Written 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...

Original story at Inhabitat .

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UF researchers receive international sustainability award

16 Dec 2008 06:03:06 PST

Written 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...

Original story at University of Florida .

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Japanese Good Design Awards 2008

21 Nov 2008 17:44:32 PST

Written 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.

Original story at Bustler.net .

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Jarmel Kizel Constructs International Retail Headquarters and Flagship in United States

19 Nov 2008 08:30:05 PST

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)."

Original story at ParamusPost.com .

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University of Baltimore Announces Winner of International Design Competition for New Law School

18 Nov 2008 09:09:20 PST

Written 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

Original story at Bustler.net .

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Architects Discuss Emerging Trends at 2008 Design Conference

17 Nov 2008 04:44:37 PST

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...

Original story at ParamusPost.com .

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AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Building Projects of 2008

13 Nov 2008 14:47:33 PST

Written 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...

Original story at Bustler.net .

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Video: Sustainable Innovation conference in Malmo

04 Nov 2008 00:16:40 PST

Written 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...

Original story at WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future .

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A Discussion on a Sustainable Planet, City and Campus

29 Oct 2008 22:19:23 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at New York Observer .

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Opinion: Conference Report: DesignBoost

22 Oct 2008 06:55:42 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future .

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NJ Chapter AIA Presents its 2008 Annual Design Conference

29 Sep 2008 13:06:10 PDT

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...

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Learning Green Design: The Okala Guide

26 Sep 2008 01:22:24 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future .

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Parsons' Sustainable Design Review 2007

27 Jul 2007 13:09:43 PDT

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...

Original story at core77.com's design blog .

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NYC School Maintenance, Construction 'Going Green'

20 Mar 2007 13:37:00 PDT

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...

Original story at WCBS-TV New York .

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