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Unusual Building Materials for Feb. 8, 2009
I am always on the look out for interesting and innovative materials to consider for projects and I have a couple tonight for your consideration. The first on the serious side of this discussion is...
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HVAC Filters made from recycled materials
An interesting product has come out from Alen Corporation, an air filter for your HVAC units made from 100% recycled materials. On the face of it this seems like a no brainier as long as the filters...
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Recycling News for Feb. 16 2009 – Good and Bad
A recycling program as well as a conscientious effort to recycle less traditional items is at the center of most folk’s minds who manage or own buildings of any size not just around the home. So it is...
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Killing the Junk Mail Habit
Nothing bothers me so much as the piles of wasted paper that arrive at my home and office, advertisements that never get read or are useful for anything more than being used in any of the myriad ways...
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Building Technology Update for July 1, 2009
I have a very wide ranging collection of technological improvements for you tonight, everything from new materials for sidewalks to new safety equipment to help you find your way out in a fire! On the...
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Ghost Towns and Abandoned Places around the World
Looking over my post statistics for this blog I am surprised to find that one of my most popular posts has to do with “Ghost Towns – Past, Present or Future?“. So I spent a little time this morning...
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Growing your own air, worth the effort or not?
I have been looking at and studying the various articles that purport to let you improve your own personal indoor environment with the addition of more and in sometimes specific plants to your home or...
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Rainwater harvesting coming to city near you?
I have been an advocate of rainwater harvesting and redirecting for a long time. It looks like the City of Los Angeles is going to make it law finally! In an article on Treehugger...
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Building Technology Update for Sept. 16, 2010
Hello All! It has been some time since I posted and I thought that you should all get a great big thank you for continuing to visit while real life kept me away from my blog. Tonight I have four...
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Manage and Measure for Less Waste
It seems that what is old is new again. One of the current trends in management in general is to try and measure more parts of our businesses and life to allow us to manage to a less wasteful...
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Storing water in your fence?
I just read about an interesting new product just about to be released this month (Feb. 2015). It is a rainwater storage system that takes the place of your fence. Assembled like a typical fence with...
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The Many Ways To Recycle…
Recycling is something we are all doing, right? Well here are some interesting insights on this first and most important green activity. Did you know that the waste from construction is in the top ten...
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