Elenko Residence is New Home in Osoyoos, Canada

Located in Osoyoos, Canada, Elenko Residence is New Home was designed by CEI Architecture Planning Interiors.The building site is small and compact, facing eastward across the lake. Provincial legislation requires a 30-metre setback from the high water mark of the lake. The owner, a city planner, was able to convince the Ministry of Environment and [...]

Tags: Canada, city planner, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, energy consumption, functional solutions, Garden, Geography, Geography of British Columbia, Local government in the United States, Ministry of Environment, Okanagan, Okanagan Country, Osoyoos, Variance, Zoning

Sustainable Vertical Neighborhood Proposed in New York, United States

The Sustainable Vertical Neighborhood Proposed designed by solus4 is located in New York, United States. The entire complex has been created under Solus4’s Sustainable Neighbourhood Collaborative Initiative principles (SNCI) which ensure that the all members of the design team work in an equal partnership to finalise a plan that is both innovative and sensitive to [...]

Tags: energy, Energy conversion, energy-generating system, New York City, Photovoltaics, Solar cell, United States

Brighton Residence original design in modern refit in Brighton, Australia

Located in Brighton, Australia, Brighton Residence original design in modern refit was designed by SJB. The original house was superbly located by Bell to provide a generous northern exposure to all habitable rooms, with a series of framed views to the garden, bay and city providing a strong connection to the site locality and region. [...]

Tags: Australia, Bayside, Brighton, Brighton and Hove, Brighton Residence, design driver, energy needs, Environment, Local government in England, Mediterranean, Monarch's Way, New York, St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School

Bentley Technology Precinct in Perth, Australia

Located in Perth, Australia, Bentley Technology Precinct was designed by Hames Sharley. The precinct will provide housing for 13,000 people and will include 400,000sq m of commercial and technology facilities and 80,000sq m of educational and research facilities. Seven times larger than the current 23 year old facility, the redevelopment will bring together educational facilities, [...]

Tags: Australia, Biodiversity, car usage, Design for X, Ecological footprint, energy needs, Environment, Environmentalism, Green Star, Maintenance, Perth, public transportation, recycled building materials, Recycling, Sustainability, technology facilities, Waste management

Bahrain World Trade Centre in Manama, Bahrain

Bahrain World Trade Centre that located in Manama, Bahrain, was designed by Atkins. This is the first time that a commercial development has integrated large-scale wind turbines within its design to harness the power of the wind. The three massive turbines, measuring 29 meters in diameter, are supported by bridges spanning between the complex’s two [...]

Tags: Bahrain, Bahrain World Trade Center, Electric power, Electrical engineering, Electrical generators, energy, Energy conversion, energy needs, Engineering, Environment, Manama, Turbine, Unconventional wind turbines, Wind power, Wind turbine, World Trade Centre