http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk A guide to a modern and sustainable house Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:37:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=478 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/earthquake-prone-hotel-built-in-360-hours/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/earthquake-prone-hotel-built-in-360-hours/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:39:45 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1429 A Chinese company Broad Group has built an earthquake-prone 30-storey hotel in just 360 hours. That’s 15 days! When it comes to sustainable construction, one way of being sustainable is to build quickly. There’s no need to spend years on the building site when through proper planning and well-organised on-site work, you can build much [...]]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/earthquake-prone-hotel-built-in-360-hours/feed/ 0 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/is-the-solar-industry-uk-under-a-threat/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/is-the-solar-industry-uk-under-a-threat/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:03:27 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1345 The Government’s official stance is that the cuts are to do with the fact that the photovoltaic equipment prices has fallen considerably (by up to 30%). In essence, the feed-in tariffs were implemented to counteract the unreasonably high prices that were charged for installing the photovoltaics.]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/is-the-solar-industry-uk-under-a-threat/feed/ 0 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/pajamas-and-aluminium-shell/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/pajamas-and-aluminium-shell/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:02:50 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1280 The town of Nova Gorica is known to have extremely hot summers and cold and windy winters. Here's continental climate for you. In a place like this you want a house that keeps cool during summers and warm during winters. How do you do that?]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/pajamas-and-aluminium-shell/feed/ 0 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/green-urban-experiment-at-victoria-london/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/green-urban-experiment-at-victoria-london/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:36:51 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1278 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/green-urban-experiment-at-victoria-london/feed/ 0 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/sleeping-in-the-sewer/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/sleeping-in-the-sewer/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:12:47 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1273 There’s a new project in the pipeline, if you pardon the pun. 3arc architecture studio has built this interesting leisure complex in Tepostlan, Mexico.]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/sleeping-in-the-sewer/feed/ 2 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/eco-friendly-hotel-bariloche-argentina/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/eco-friendly-hotel-bariloche-argentina/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:59:11 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1261 The legendary Argentinean architect Mario Roberto Alvarez is still going strong. Building a huge hotel in a place that one could almost called sacred, is a massive task.]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/eco-friendly-hotel-bariloche-argentina/feed/ 0 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/sailor%e2%80%99s-tales-and-modern-architecture/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/sailor%e2%80%99s-tales-and-modern-architecture/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:19:02 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1237 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/sailor%e2%80%99s-tales-and-modern-architecture/feed/ 0 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/sleepbox-funny-hotel-pods-from-russia/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/sleepbox-funny-hotel-pods-from-russia/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:54:08 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1205 The Arch Group is presenting their new product as a potential business proposal. A single sleepbox costs only $7,000 and with projected night rates of $60 it's an investment that, depending on the location, can recoup itself in 6 to 9 months.]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/sleepbox-funny-hotel-pods-from-russia/feed/ 1 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/amazing-architecture-1-resort-druzhba-in-yalta/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/amazing-architecture-1-resort-druzhba-in-yalta/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:04:19 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1161 It looks like a huge planetary gearset from the sky but when it was built in 1985 Turkish spies thought it was another dangerous military object built to support the Cold War effort. No, it’s a seaside resort "Druzhba" built on the shoreline of Yalta on Crimea, Ukraine.]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/amazing-architecture-1-resort-druzhba-in-yalta/feed/ 0 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/how-can-we-save-uk-construction-industry/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/how-can-we-save-uk-construction-industry/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:04:39 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1145 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/how-can-we-save-uk-construction-industry/feed/ 1 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/clean-air-80-trees-or-one-house/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/clean-air-80-trees-or-one-house/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 20:16:52 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1081 It can be used to create exterior aluminium panels that will attract and break down organic matter, solid pollutants and other smog-contributing substances floating in the air.]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/clean-air-80-trees-or-one-house/feed/ 0 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/co-housing-project-in-leeds-taking-shape/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/co-housing-project-in-leeds-taking-shape/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 21:18:45 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1071 A new interesting co-housing project is about to take off in Leeds. Lilac Mutual Home ownership society - the group behind the unique project - had acquired a disused school site in Bramley.]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/co-housing-project-in-leeds-taking-shape/feed/ 0