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Pumped Storage Hydroelectricity

Posted by WhatWow on 16 Mar, 2011.
Categories Energy, Environment, Resources, Technology

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Tire Recycling

Posted by WhatWow on 16 Mar, 2011.
Categories Environment, Recycling, Resources, Technology

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Tire Bale Construction

Posted by WhatWow on 15 Mar, 2011.
Categories Building Technique, Material, Recycling, Resources

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Hydroelectricty Generation

Posted by WhatWow on 14 Mar, 2011.
Categories Energy, Environment, Resources, Technology

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Rammed Earth Tires – A building material from trash and clay that has an extremely high thermal mass.

Rammed Earth Tires

Posted by WhatWow on 14 Mar, 2011.
Categories Building Technique, Material, Recycling, Resources

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The building by Bel architects illustrates how powerful natural lighting can be. Electric lighting is added according to weather and season. Image by Marc Räder taken from the website www.bel.cx.

Passive Daylighting

Posted by WhatWow on 9 Feb, 2011.
Categories Energy, Principle, Resources

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Cardboard boxes can serve as moulds for papercrete. Amongst others, rural studio is experimenting with papercrete as building material. Image taken from the website www.cadc.auburn.edu/rural-studio

Papercrete

Posted by WhatWow on 9 Feb, 2011.
Categories Building Technique, Material, Resources

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The Parharpur Business Center was developed by Kamal Meattle.

Paharpur Business Centre

Posted by WhatWow on 9 Feb, 2011.
Categories Architecture, Climatization, Resources, Technology

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On the Bri-n-ck

Posted by WhatWow on 15 Dec, 2010.
Categories Building Technique, Resources

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Grapevines are planted in the middle of funnel-shaped pits covered with 'Lapilli'. (Image taken from the website bonsai-info.net)

Dry Viniculture

Posted by WhatWow on 15 Dec, 2010.
Categories Environment, Principle, Resources, Vernacular

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