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Can a Moss Culture Really Clean Urban Air?

Innovative and timely Design concepts for the cities of the future usually involve a number of ideas that challenge current norms—whether it be in architecture, city planning or materials engineering. Some of these are quite fascinating, and others border on

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Sharing the Land with a Solar Laneway House

SIPs (structural insulated panels) Photographer: Colin Perry Designer/Builder: Lanefab Design/Build  Manufacturer: Insulspan Certifications: EnerGuide 90 (see below) Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada Size: 1,050 square feet (approximately 98 square metres)  Petto Chan and his wife, Billie Leung, spent many weekends looking

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Solar Rooftop DIY: Comparing On and Off-Grid PV Systems

Grid-tied solar systems Grid-tied,on-grid, utility-interactive, grid inter-tie and grid back-feeding are all terms used to describe the same concept: a solar PV [photovoltaic] system that’s con­nected to the utility power grid. One advantage of grid-tying is that compared to the

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6 Advantages of Building With Hempcrete

Updated: March 6, 2020 What is hempcrete? Hempcrete is a unique building material, being a composite of a bio-fibre (hemp hurd or shiv) and a mineral binder (lime). These ingredients are blended together with water, and the moistened binder coats