PARTE 1: TRASANDINO EN MENDOZA ARQUA ECO DESIGN Architect Luciano Quero 2006 www.arqua.com.ar GREEN ARCHITECTURE Architectural development Turistic and Climatic Center in Puente del Inca, a well known turistic site in Argentina. Starting with a complete computer weather analysis and material behaviour, the design of this center is deeply controversial....

RE-TREAD PRODUCTS Inc. (RTP) has developed a new building material made from recycled tires called the “Tire Log™”. The Tire Log™ is a patented innovation made from waste tires with a unique and energy efficient approach to recycling tires. RTP’s process “upcycles” the waste tire and… Video Rating: 5 /...

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Learn more about Dan Chiras here: www.ecospeakers.com An author and green building consultant, Dan Chiras talks about the green building features of a new “solar skyscraper” in New York City. They include natural ventilation and integrated recycling facilities. He uses this example to encourage the incorporation of green building principles...

By combining affordable residential energy with solar air conditioning and other energy conservation efforts with smart design the Zero Energy Home is not a futuristic dream but can be a reality today, well…. next...

chicago’s cabrini-green (located on the near north side) is a very poor-black ghetto and is notorious for being the most impoverished / crime-ridden public housing development ever established in the united states. it is currently being torn down. song: elvis presley’s “in the ghetto” Video Rating: 4 /...