Reclaimed Materials. Natural Materials. Tiny Homes. Modified Containers. Green Housing. Dunedin Eco Village To Be The First LEED Certified Net Zero Energy Townhome Development In US. An innovative housing development is set to get underway in Dunedin, Florida that will see the creation of the first affordable LEED Certified Net Zero Energy townhome development in the US.
The Eco-Village will consist of 25 townhomes, all of which are designed and engineered to maximize energy efficiency. Developer Planet Green Group aims to make eco-friendly as well as affordable. The aim of the project is to provide affordable homes for everyone, but especially ‘Hometown Heroes’ such as police officers, firefighters, nurses, teachers, veterans and other professionals. Each LEED-certified, Net Zero Energy home will be priced as low as $600 per month, making them ultra-affordable. The homes themselves have been designed to combine building science and high-performance products with the ability for homeowners to monitor energy consumption. “Dunedin really prides itself on being a kind of environmental leader,” Mayor Dave Eggers told the Tampa Bay Times. . + Planet Green Energy. The Seemingly Simple GO Home is a LEED Platinum House That Packs a Green Energy Punch.
Photo credit: Trent Bell The bright red GO Home in Belfast, Maine was recently selected as the LEED for Homes Project of the Year for 2011.
Completed by GO Logic, the seemingly simple house packs an impressive renewable energy punch and is a LEED Platinum and Passive House certified residence. Because it is a passive house, the home’s owners will see a 90% reduction in their heating bill, resulting in a cool $300 dollars per year for space heating, while enjoying all the comforts of the super insulated building shell during the winter months.
With a roof clad in solar panels, The GO Home is also net zero, creating all the energy on site that it needs to provide heat, hot water and electricity for the home owners who will not see an energy bill for the next 25 years. + GO Logic Homes. Ten Examples of Architecture as a Collective Action. Thanks to contemporary media, architectural news and knowledge is more accessible than ever: every day, design and architectural journals both online and off deliver fresh news about iconic buildings, luxury museums, beautiful villas, eco-friendly houses, and much more.
But these stories often reflect the designers’ personal perspectives and concentrate on a limited portion of the world. Even though the Internet globally connects us, much of the world still escapes our view. High-profile building activities receive media attention while examples of community-based work, vernacular and traditional building techniques, informal settlements, and disaster reconstruction receive little attention, even though they’re part of our everyday reality and are often the result of collaborative innovation. As a result of this poor documentation, indigenous building knowledge is fragmented, forgotten and even lost in our ever-shifting digital world.
About Architecture In Development Makoko, Nigeria. TreeHouse Workshop, Located in Seattle, builders specializing in treehouse design and tree house construction for adults and kids. Experimental Website Lets You Download Amazing House Blueprints for Free. Paperhouses is a platform that allows people to download open source blueprints from architects, like this house from Tatiana Bilbao.
Image: Paperhouses Bilbao's house was designed to expand along the center axis to accommodate a growing family. Image: Paperhouses Florian Busch's Private Sky house can adapt to rural and urban settings. Image: Paperhouses All of the architects had to design their homes without a specific site or client in mind, which was one of the biggest challenges. Image: Paperhouses The inside of Busch's home is centered around a garden. Image: Paperhouses Panorama designed the Bolt house, which is a series of prefab modules that adapt to various land conditions. Interior of the Systematic House. Paperhouses is a platform that allows people to download open source blueprints from architects, like this house from Tatiana Bilbao. Hiring a world-class architect is something not many people can afford. “We’re trying to bring quality to open source,” Pacheco says.
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