San Francisco Exploratorium’s New Home to Become Largest U.S. Net-Zero Energy Museum

Posted by on Jul 23, 2011 in ehdd, European green building, exploratorium, gab report, gabreport, largest net zero energy, LEED, mignon o'young, net zero energy, nibbi brothers, richard feldman, rick feldman, tcho | 0 comments The new Exploratorium is finally coming to life. Mignon O’Young of the GABreport posted a great update on the project on July 7. The project is very ambitious on many fronts and is located on the busy Embarcadero next to the Tcho chocolate factory (look forward to exploring some chocolate before and/or after visiting the new location). Rick Feldman of EHDD architecture is the project...
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Masdar update in the New York Times

Posted by on Sep 26, 2010 in green building, masdar, net zero energy, norman foster, swiss village | 0 comments As a new, green city is constructed in the desert, the criticism grows. I believe the criticism should be directed at other governments for not supporting and financing mini-masdars to support innovation and cleantech...
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Green Building in the European Union

Posted by on Aug 22, 2010 in assive house, building codes, energy plus home, European green building, net zero energy, passiv haus, zero energy home | 0 comments New York Times article on legislation requiring very energy efficient building in various countries. Consider how many high-performance buildings Europe already has, and then imagine how much additional innovation this will...
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