Image credit Lloyd Alter TreeHugger first covered architect Michelle Kaufmann ‘s Smart Home at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago in 2008 with a guest post by Brian Jones. It is a different creature today; the Museum redoes the interior every year. Being in Chicago for green building tradeshow Greenb… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Exclusive Look Inside Michelle Kaufmann’s 2010 Smart Home in Chicago (Slideshow)
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Image Credit Lloyd Alter There are some things that the Internet is very good at, including helping put people and people or things and things together. Nathan Benjamin runs a dating service for materials, putting people together with the used materials they need. ” PlanetReuse makes using reclaimed building materials effortless, expertly matching materials with designers, builders and owners to save projects money, serve LEED efforts and sustain the planet.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Planet Reuse: A Dating Service For Used Materials
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Photo: Kelly Rossiter What is Thanksgiving dinner without gravy? Just because you are having a vegetarian meal doesn’t mean you have to forgoe what is to me, one of the most important elements of the dinner. Gravy ties all of the flavours on the plate together. Not only that, everyone likes to sop up their gravy with mashed potatoes or
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Weekday Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Mushroom Thyme Gravy
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Images Credit: Lloyd Alter So much on show at Greenbuild, the huge green building convention put on by the US Green Building Council, has been seen on TreeHugger; one has to set some standards. So no products with LEEDING The Way or any other bad punning on LEED will be seen; We want game-changers , products and ideas that are applicable and affordable, or change the way we think about building. One such product is BioPCM (Phase chan… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Bio-Based Phase-Changing Material Adds Instant Thermal Mass
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spacewalker by Dark, displayed by Eurolite all lousy images by Lloyd Alter We become so jaded and blase´. A few years ago, walking through the Light Canada Show (part of IIDEX and the Green Living Festival in Toronto) I was bug-eyed at all of the wonderful innovation in LED lighting. But in just a few years they have become mainstream and commodified, and I really found the pickings to be slim, mostly just another strip light or street light or ceiling. I know that this i… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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LED Lighting Has Become Almost Boring, and That’s A Good Thing
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Wired computer labs work fine for kids. Photo by mikecogh via Flickr. Guest blogger Andrea Donsky is co-founder of NaturallySavvy.com . Wi-Fi is facing a lot of opposition from parents and teachers in Ontario. Last week, Lloyd Alter was critical of parents’ claims that Wi-Fi may pose a health threat to students at elementary schools , … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Wi-Fi in Schools: Should We Apply the Precautionary Principle?
All photos by Lloyd Alter When Viljo Revell designed Toronto City Hall back in the sixties, the podium roof was for grand entries; you could drive up the ramp and walk right into the Council Chambers. It never quite worked out that way and was pretty much ignored for years. Not any more; this weekend Mayor Miller cut the ribbon on a spectacular new green roof. The normally reserved Lisa Rochon rav… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Spectacular Green Roof Installed At Toronto City Hall
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