Building Green Series at Treehugger
Check out this series of posts by Ted Owens at Treehugger:
Archive for September, 2007
Does building green cost more?
From Inhabitat:
Buildings account for 40% of greenhouse gas emissions - AND - making a building “green” costs just 5% more in construction costs.
Technically, yes, a little, but it’s a price we can’t afford not to pay.
Read the full post at Inhabitat.
Container Home Interiors
I’ve raved about the Zigloo Domestique project before. Maybe you’d consider a container home but aren’t into super-modern. These interiors are toned down a bit and quite comfortable, though they’re from a developer in Australia.
More on Lot-ek: Container Home Kits
A few days ago I posted a video from Inhabitat featuring Lot-ek’s take on container homes. I checked out Lot-ek’s site today, where they feature their CHK (Container Home Kit) plans.
(Click LOT-EK BUILDINGS on the left, and then CHK (CONTAINER HOME KIT) below.)
As an aside, it’s really frustrating when Flash-based sites provide no means of directly linking to useful content - something I wrote about on C77.
