About Thinking Outside the Box-Creative Homes & Sustainable Construction
Description
People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things. R. Buckminster Fuller 1895-1983 We discuss out of the box ideas concerning our housing choices and their impact on the environment. We are not "greenies" but feel that in our time on the planet we should not make the place worse. Original and unique ideas are welcomed.
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No advertising for any products will be allowed per Eons TOU. No promotion of other groups... more
Recent Messages
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What is sustainable building?
We are not going to be able to operate our
Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer
unless we see it as a whole spaceship
and our fate as common.
It has to be everybody or nobody.
R. B...
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posted by LaylaTX
– Sticky Message –
Creative Thinking Is What Is Needed
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posted by MartiInMexico
Radiant Heat Flooring
Radiant in-floor heating is a healthier alternative to conventional forced-air heat because no air is blown through dusty or dirty ducts, which can circulate airborne pollutants throughout your hom...
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posted by LaylaTX
M.I.T. Solar House
1940
M.I.T. Solar House #1
Cambridge, MA
This two room experiment was the first building ever to be heated by solar energy all year round. A huge tank in the basement-about the size of a swimming ...
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posted by sandl
Amphibious houses
The Dutch are gearing up for climate change with amphibious houses. If rivers rise above their banks, the houses rise upwards as well.
37 "swimming" houses are already strung along a branch of the...
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posted by sandl
Building Logics, Inc
The introduction of landscape architecture onto a building's roof is nothing new, in fact it's thousands of years old. Proven innovations in eco-roof design and technology over the past 30 years in...
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posted by sandl
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