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Sustainable Web Hosting - 10 Sensational Homes Built from Straw

Sustainable Web Hosting - 10 Sensational Homes Built from Straw
Written by Ryan Hollitz | 19 December 2009 Posted in Blog - Green Building New building materials could really make your house green from the ground up! Straw! via [thedailygreen.com] In the classic story of the Three Little Pigs‚ a naive piglet decides to build his home out of straw, which soon gets the huff and puff treatment by a big bad wolf, resulting in the poor little pig's untimely end. Many may wonder why a person would want to build a home made out of straw, but apart from providing a place to hide from the big bad wolf, they have some substantial benefits. Read on to discover just how right that first little pig was to build his home out of straw. Photos: Brett Weinstein/Realty Advocates 1. This unique, beautiful straw bale home in Oakland, California recently carried a $1.1 million price tag. Photo: JD Peterson 2. This gorgeous home, perched on owner Henry Siegel's 2 1/2-acre leafy lot, offers panoramic views and cozy comfort. Photo: University of Bath 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Related:  Examples

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How to Remove YouTube Logo & Branding from Embedded Videos & Player YouTube dropped a little bombshell of a news announcement yesterday on their blog when they released two new changes for embedded videos. The first is the addition of HD Preview Images for videos higher than 480p. But the potentially-huge news is that YouTube has enabled publishers to remove the YouTube logo from embedded videos. New HD YouTube Preview/Thumbnail Images First things first, the HD Preview Images. But now that changes. That is a huge improvement. YouTube's Logo ► Now Optional on Embedded YouTube Videos This is the news that will get most of the attention, rightfully so. While it might, on the surface, sound like a small change, it has big implications. Enterprise level online video platforms have been selling their product for years by reminding customers that if they go with YouTube they'll have that logo on all their content. How to Remove YouTube's Logo from Embedded Videos & Players ? In this case, you merely need to add "? ... src="

A tiny straw bale home for £10,000 in Poland The tiny cottage is load-bearing straw bale house with a sleeping loft under the straw thatched roof and earthen plastered walls. It stands on a stone footing, which in turn stands on a drained gravel trench. The walls were made of tightly packed bales of straw stacked and sandwiched between hazel branches for stability. A 'ladder' wall plate was placed on top of the wall and the structure was compressed with straps which are tied to anchor points in the foundation. The timbers for the roof structure were taken from the local forest. The roof covering was made by the local crafts-man, Henryk Romanowski using wheat straw thatch. Paulina teaches all over the world.

Grain Bin Cabin Plan This 1 bedroom, 2 bathroom 692 sf cabin will keep you warm in winter and cool in summer. It also has the potential to provide as many as 12 "berths" for use as a hunting cabin or such. Each berth could have its indiviual heat or A/C duct for greater efficiency. The basis of the design components is to put a grain bin inside a grain bin and insulate the space between them with foam. This makes the structure self-supporting, self-framing (no studs in the outside walls), thermally and acoustically broken (super-high performance), and maintenance free for fifty plus years. The shell is completely recyclable, can be built without concrete, added siding or added roofing. Don't want to use foam insulation or too far from an installer? Floor Plans Mark is offering 4 hours of consulting time with the basic cost of this plan, and this can be done before you receive the plans so that it is possible to have some custom alterations made.

Why Build With Straw Bales? Straw bale construction lends itself well to an owner builder project. Some of the applications well suited for straw bale include: a cottage, office, garage, studio, and an art barn. You don’t have to limit yourself to these smaller projects. I’ve created a great introductory video on why to build with straw bales. Reason #1 Energy Efficiency. A well built straw bale home can save you up to 75% on heating and cooling costs. Reason #2 Sound Proofing. Straw bale walls provide excellent sound insulation and are superior wall systems for home owners looking to block out the sounds of traffic or airplanes in urban environments. Reason # 3 Fire resistance. Straw bale homes have roughly three times the fire resistance of conventional homes. Reason # 4 Environmental responsibility. Building with straw helps the planet in many ways. Reason #5 Natural Materials The use of straw as insulation means that the standard insulation materials are removed from the home. Reason #6 Aesthetics

Der Stadtteil "Quartier Vauban" in Freiburg stellt sich vor. UCL and Imperial partner with Intel to create research institute Imperial College London, University College London and the computer firm Intel have launched a research institute they hope will help to shape the way cities work in the future. The Intel Collaborative Research Institute for Sustainable Connected Cities will use data from a variety of sources, including the government and users on the ground, to investigate how to make cities function more smoothly and efficiently. For example, applications could be developed to monitor weather conditions, traffic flow or water supplies and deliver real-time information to customers. London will be the test bed for the research, which could potentially be applied across the world. Launched on 24 May at 10 Downing Street by Chancellor George Osborne, the collaboration was the direct result of lobbying by Number 10 for international companies to come to the UK and, in particular, to work with companies in Tech City, a hub for high-tech start-ups in East London. elizabeth.gibney@tsleducation.com

Footprint, The National Trust’s first straw bale building It's a beautiful and inspirational space. The low environmental impact development used local timber floors and walkways; an oak shake roof; clay and lime plasters; highly efficient glazing and sheep’s wool insulation. Hundreds of people lent a hand in its construction and hundreds more visited the building site on an organised event to learn about natural building. The interior wall which divides the open space from a small kitchen and store is built from traditional cob on the lower courses and then less commonly with cob blocks. 5 Easy to Grow Mosquito-Repelling Plants As the outdoor season approaches, many homeowners and outdoor enthusiasts look for ways to control mosquitoes. With all the publicity about the West Nile virus, mosquito repelling products are gaining in popularity. But many commercial insect repellents contain from 5% to 25% DEET. There are concerns about the potential toxic effects of DEET, especially when used by children. Children who absorb high amounts of DEET through insect repellents have developed seizures, slurred speech, hypotension and bradycardia. There are new DEET-free mosquito repellents on the market today which offer some relief to those venturing outdoors in mosquito season. Here are five of the most effective mosquito repelling plants which are easy to grow in most regions of the US: 1. Citronella is the most common natural ingredient used in formulating mosquito repellents. Citronella is a perennial ‘clumping’ grass which grows to a height of 5 – 6 feet. 2. Horsemint leaves can be dried and used to make herbal tea.

A House of Straw Sustainable City Development Sustainable City Development Malmö, Sweden "From industrial waste land to sustainable city" City of Malmö is highlighted by ClimateAction in partnership with United Nations Environment Programme as a city with high ambitions in sustainability. Read the full article by former Mayor Ilmar Reepalu at ClimateActions website. Malmö Innovation Platform The Malmö Innovation Platform brings together creative forces in business, academia and the community to build a joint innovation capacity in renovation of existing apartment buildings in South-East Malmö. Malmö's path towards a sustainable future The Commission for a Socially Sustainable Malmö is an independentcommission appointed by the City of Malmö to suggest objectives andactions to reduce inequities in health. Green Malmö at BBC BBC World Horizons visited Malmö and got impressed with our focus on renewable energy, smart housing and clever transport. See the video clip at Youtube » The Western Harbour — experiences and lessons learned

AusDilecce Extensions Once the extension is installed, your new quote header files created OR copied out of the XPI and TB restarted, you will need to point to the new quote header files in the ResetQuoteHeader extension's prefs. The new quote header files are simple files that can mimic the look of what you want the new quote header to look like. You put tokens in the file that get replaced with text from TB. As an example, the token for subject is @S@, so wherever you put @S@ in the quote header file, the extension will replace @S@ with the subject text from the message you replied to. There are two different files. One file is used if you are composing in plaintext, while the other is used if you are composing in html. Sample quote header files are included in the XPI, just open the XPI with any unzip program (like winzip) and extract the files to anywhere you want. You can edit your quote header files to add HTML formatting.

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