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GOOGLE MAPS update - prioritizes ECO-Friendly ROUTES & Bikes
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Google Maps updated to show most eco friendly and fuel efficient routes first

Google just announced that effective immediately, the Google Maps app will feature the most eco-friendlyroutes for iOS and Android users in the U.S. and it wi...

Cellulose Environmentally Friendly Rigid Foam Insulation Panels
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Cellulose rigid foam board insulation - the environmentally-friendly styrofoam replacement?

...friendlyrigid insulation panel © Peipei Wang, Nahal Aliheidari, Xiao Zhang, Amir Ameli In itself, nanocrystals are not innovative; they have long been used...

Greenwashing - CMA Launches a New Investigation to Recognize it and Stop It
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The UK Competition and Markets Authority is investigating "Greenwashing" of Products - Good!

...friendly’ - especially in relation to whether they could mislead consumers. This new investigation by the CMA is a response to the growing number of products ...

Zero Carbon Concrete Alternative Product Cement Free by Prometheus Materials
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A Sustainable, Zero-Carbon Alternative to Portland Cement concrete from Prometheus Materials CO - BioConcrete !

...friendlyalternatives.” Making the Prometheus CMU bricks currently emits a tenth of the CO2 of conventional concrete masonry unit production, according to Pro...

World's tallest skyscraper planned for Vienna Austria
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276 foot wood frame skyscraper planned for Vienna

The emotional impact of watching a tree fall can cloud the reality of what wood actually represents to us as a building material. It's renewable and it acts as...

USGBC Outstanding Single Family Home of the Year Earthship Farmstead
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Kaplan Thompson Earthship Farmstead home receives high praise from the USGBC

...friendlyinsulating product on the market). All flooring is local white oak, the cabinetry is Virginia black walnut, and American Clay Paint was used throug...

NAHB finds Slab on Grade Foundations are Most Popular in 2020
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Home foundation trends in 2020 are encouraging for sustainability as slab on grade wins

It's slab on grade foundations for the win! The NAHB study showed that 65% of new single-family home starts in 2020 were built on slab on grade foundations, ...

LEED Platinum home donated to Habitat for Humanity
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Student-built LEED home delivered to Habitat for Humanity

Educators at the Chateauguay Valley Career Education Centre (CECVC) in Ormstown, QC wanted to offer their students something beyond the standard skills they wo...

CarbonCure low carbon footprint ready mix concrete
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Two startups cutting emissions from the use of concrete have won the $20 million Carbon Xprize.

A while back Ecohome was pleased to find and report on some upcoming technologies that were producing Low-carbon and carbon-neutral concrete . Buildings accoun...

The Top Construction Trends for USA & Canada in 2021!
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Our Top Home Building Trends for 2021!

After a look back at our predictions for green building trends in 2020 , we weren’t really far off the mark, but wow, did some other stuff happen that shook th...

Teachers experimenting with insulated I-joists as wall studs
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Webisode # 2 following a carpentry school that is making big waves in Quebec

When the New Frontiers School Board decided they wanted to be a leader in teaching green building practices, it’s doubtful that they could have envisioned how ...