Category: science
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Elements: Water
Water. How do you talk about it without sounding like a commercial for some sort of Brita water filter? Projects abound that deal with stormwater and water as resources – as we have evolved outside the terms of ‘waste’ and looked at it as a viable resource. :: An Exercise in Futility (by rebekka) –…
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Green Infrastructure
Green Infrastructure is one of those new terms that is compelling as a concept, but difficult to pin down regarding it’s exact application in the landscape. Simply, there is a shift from ‘gray’ infrastructure (pipes, pavement, and mechanical systems) to softer solutions consisting of multi-functional landscapes including a number of stormwater bmps, or LID techniques.…
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The Carbon Question
The Carbon Question is on everyone’s mind these days, due in no small part to Al Gore an the shockingly good An Inconvenient Truth and a steadily growing acknowledgement of the problems associated with global warming and it’s causes. This has been addressed as well in the architectural press, and the role that building occupies…