¡Mi casa es un container! Tags: Contiene una casaManel MorónPol Bofill La España de ladrillo y pandereta esta de capa caída. Las panderetas se siguen vendiendo como churros, pero el ladrillo, hormigón y el encofrado, otra fuente de riqueza inagotable y siempre creciente deberán ver cómo llegan tiempos mejores. ¿Alternativas? Algunas. ¿Sostenibles? Manel Morón, un publicitario con ganas de vivir en una vivienda aislada pero pocas ganas de pagar lo que quisiera un constructor, decide liarse la manta a la cabeza y abrazar la filosofía del Do It Yourself (Hazlo Tú Mismo). Para Morón, además de la materialización de su propia casa, el proyecto ha sido la reivindicación de algo real y posible. La casa se encuentra en la provincia de Tarragona y se puede visitar. ¿Qué sistema se emplea para el aislamiento térmico de la vivienda? Utilizamos doble aislamiento. ¿Existe algún problema de licencias para construir de esta manera? Ningún problema de licencias. ¿Cuánto cuesta construir de esta manera? ¡Ahora hacemos libros!
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Container Heads Rejoice A New Container Baby | The Cordell Shipping Container House Photographer: Jill Hunter Container Heads around the world, start rejoicing. Yes, a new container house has been born and it’s a Texan. The developers (Numen) and family are calling it the Cordell House and here is what they have to say about their new baby. Developer -The Cordell House is the result of a 2-year design discussion between the builders and the designers. Before I the let developer babble on with traditional boring speak about this new container baby, I would just like to say, this thing is sexy. Cordell House is located in the Brooke Smith Addition at 206 Cordell. Numen Development attempts to divert shop waste products to recycling resources whenever possible, and does not maintain dumpsters at either the warehouse or on the jobsite.
WNC Green Building Directory | Articles By Matt Siegel on 03/24/2011 “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has,” anthropologist Margaret Mead said. The Western North Carolina Green Building Council — its members and its founders — demonstrates the truth in those words: About a decade ago, the council literally started as a conversation between two people. It then grew into a group of several people, who started out sitting around a table and discussing how to grow green building in the region. Ashley Featherstone and Jon Senechal representing WNCGBC at Earth Day 2001. In 2011, the organization celebrates its tenth year of helping create a more sustainable and healthier WNC. According to Duncan McPherson, another WNCGBC founder, “The primary need was education at that point, which included educating the city, inspectors, builders and architects. ... Here are some achievements from the past 10 years that the Council can put numbers to:
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