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Cheap, Sustainable Building With Earthbags

April 21, 2010 – 10:24 am

Imagine building a solid home with thickly insulated walls that keep a home warm in the winter and cool in the summer. That’s the beauty of earthbag homes. Some people are building beautiful homes that look normal while others are taking full advantage of the earthbag building process to construct spacey houses that defy the look of conventional homes.

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‘One Planet’ Communities Aim to Set 75% Reduction in Carbon Footprint

February 8, 2010 – 9:54 am

Global organization One Planet and the proposed eco-communities are set to meet and exceed LEED for carbon footprint reduction.  This is due to a strict net-zero policy that improves upon LEED’s 18% emissions reduction, boosting energy savings to 75%.  The One Planet organization is a non-profit group, dedicated to ‘true sustainability’ with a timeline extending [...]

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California Passes Strictest State Green Building Codes in the US

January 19, 2010 – 1:08 pm

Despite budgetary problems over the past few years, California has imposed the strictest green building code standards that the country has.  The decision was made unanimously by the California Building Commission to integrate green practices into state construction codes, which is the first legislation of its kind on a state level. The new CAL Green [...]

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