On Sunday, the Boston Globe ran a piece titled “It’s Alive! How closely can a building emulate nature?” giving some solid, mainstream attention to the concepts of biomimicry and regenerative design as well as the Living Building Challenge.
The article references one of my favorite biomimetic examples, the termite mound:
In 1996, a landmark project was completed: the Eastgate Centre, [...]
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Biomimicry in the Mainstream
Also posted in Design, Renewables Tagged architecture, Biomimcry, Design, HOK, Living Building Challenge, Renewable Energy 1 Comment
Embodied Energy in New Construction
Building green can be complicated. But all the time we’re getting more and better data on how to do it well. The TED talk below from Catherine Mohr does a great job of displaying the data on embodied energy associated with deconstructing an old house and building a new green home – and the ‘payback’ [...]
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Building Green on PBS
By Georges Dyer, Partner, Aedi Group
Building Green is a TV series on healthy, energy-efficient, and environmentally-friendly building (free & on-demand on hulu!). The first episode, “Breaking Ground,” introduces the strawbale home project in Santa Barbara that the series will follow through to completion. It also features Aedi Group Advisory Board member, Bill Browning. Have a [...]
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Concord Green
by Georges Dyer, Partner, Aedi Group
Our construction team has had the great pleasure over the past few months to work on an exciting project in Concord, MA. The owner has a real passion for healthy, green building without sacrificing classic design. And she has done an unbelievable job documenting the entire process on her blog [...]
The GreenMachine
by Georges Dyer, Partner, Aedi Group
Green buildings come in all shapes and sizes and can be made out of all kinds of materials. One technology that facilitates the use of low-cost, local, natural materials is the GreenMachine.
Developed and refined by TerraBuilt over the last ten years or so, the GreenMachine uses local subsoil (not topsoil) [...]
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