[ February 4, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] ‘The Principles of Green Building Design’ commences at Monterey Peninsula College.
Registration this week!
MPC Web Registration: www.mpc.edu
Admissions and Registration: (831) 646-4002
Information: (831) 646-4000
“Compared to conventional silicon based photovoltaic technology, Dyesol’s technology has lower cost and embodied energy in manufacture, it produces electricity more efficiently even in low light conditions and can be directly incorporated into buildings by replacing conventional glass panels rather than taking up roof or extra land area.”
dyesol.com – manufacturer
asknature.org – biomimetc products
Biomimicry, the interdisciplinary practice of adapting nature’s solutions to human designs and inventions, has made a big move into the built environment. The international architecture and engineering firm HOK has announced an alliance with the Biomimicry Guild, the preeminent biomimicry consultancy, with the aim of integrating “nature’s innovations in the planning and design of buildings, [...]
Biomimicry brings nature’s solutions to design problems and AskNature.org brings current internet technology to the biomimicry discussion.
AskNature.org, created by the Biomimicry Institute, offers the beginnings of an encyclopedia of nature’s solutions to common design problems such as structural support, adhesion, energy harvesting, and cleaning. Natural design solutions are linked to products based on that solution [...]
Global warming is happening faster than predicted and human activity is responsible.
The most recent science tells us that unless we can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million, we will cause huge and irreversible damage to the earth.
350 is the number that leading scientists say is the safe [...]
In October of 2006 the developer and design-build team of the ‘Uptown Monterey’ project [Trader Joe's] committed to making it the first LEED certified shopping center in the state of California… with little to no flexibility in the schedule or budget.
A key component was the deconstruction of a former grocery store on site, followed by [...]
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