DIY Solar Panels

Plug and play solar panels from Armageddon Energy.

We’re looking into these for our new super green studio location. Article here.

Highway House

As a prototype for future Big Dig architecture, the structural system for this 3,400sf house is comprised of steel and concrete from Boston’s Big Dig, utilizing over 600,000 lbs of salvaged materials.

Although similar to a pre-fab system, subtle spatial arrangements were designed from highway components.

Highway components. An off-ramp to be specific.

Most importantly, the house demonstrates an untapped potential for the public realm: with strategic front-end planning, much needed community programs including schools, libraries, and housing could be constructed whenever infrastructure is deconstructed, saving valuable resources, embodied energy, and taxpayer dollars.

World Future Energy Summit ~ Abu Dhabi

The World Future Energy Summit wrapped up this past week.

Popular topics included the cost of going green, the state of the economy and how it will effect progress, and the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States.

16,427 people from 79 countries visited 359 exhibitors at the 2nd World Future Energy Summit. This figure includes the 2,634 delegates kicking off the energy debate in 2009 with some of the world highest leaders and renewable energy experts.

Tons of great articles here.

Our Greenbiz.com neighbors here in Oakland have some articles by Marc Gunther that you can find here.

Stunning Masdar Headquarters Building

The Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Masdar Headquarters building in Abu Dhabi, UAE will produce more power than it needs (an energy positive building). In fact, the solar roof will be constructed first, and it will power the construction of the rest of the building.

Greener Printer

Conduct your printing online using recycled papers and a green certified company.

Berkeley based GreenerPrinter delivers top-notch quality while helping your organization to keep with its green mission. And they’re 100% Wind-Powered via Renewable Energy Credits (REC’s).

We used Greener Printer for a recent project. They were professional, the price was very competitive, the quality was good, and they provided amazing customer service. I can highly recommend their services.