Sunday, October 23, 2022

A Boom in Renewable Energy Has Blunted the Global Rise in Emissions |

 Emissions associated with energy use are on track to increase 1 percent this year because of a boom in wind and solar power ||


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Friday, September 23, 2022

Sustainable Electric Car That Cleans The Air While Driving


TU Eindhoven student team TU/ecomotive has developed a sustainable electric passenger car that captures more carbon dioxide (CO₂) than it emits while driving. It is a prototype, called Zem, that purifies the air through a special filter. By storing the captured CO₂ and then disposing it.                                                                                        READ MORE


Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Sunday, September 18, 2022

Resilient Building Strategies ||

Resilient strategies are used globally, many contemporary, others derived from vernacular architecture’s strong relationship to climate and natural processes. Many of these techniques—some key ones follow—have been aggregated into a set of accessible guidelines at various scales that can be implemented immediately. They support an approach to the natural and built environment that dramatically reduces or eliminates greenhouse gas emissions, addresses climate adaptation and resilience, and offers the potential for an accessible and inexhaustible supply of renewable energy.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

The Skyscraper Museum Surveys the Fast-Paced Transformation of Lower Manhattan ||

“Residential Rising” is a story of significant adaptive reuse, as the symbolic hub of American capitalism has seen dozens of its aging office buildings transformed into apartment houses || Read More

Sunday, August 07, 2022

The Living Building ||

The Omega Center for Sustainable Living (OCSL) is an environmental education center and home of the Eco Machine™, a water reclamation system that uses only natural processes to treat wastewater. The OCSL is built to meet the highest standards currently available in sustainable architecture and is the first green building in the world to achieve both LEED® Platinum and Living Building Challenge™ certification.
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Sunday, July 31, 2022

Historic Park Inn Hotel Keeps Frank Lloyd Wright's Vision Alive |

Indigo Road Hospitality Group writes a new chapter in the windy epic of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Historic Park Inn Hotel
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Friday, July 29, 2022

The Thirteen Most Controversial Buildings in History ||

New buildings are constructed every day. Some to overwhelming fanfare, others to disdain, and most to little more acknowledgment than a passing glance on the street. Of course, there’s also another option: controversy.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2022

The Advanced Lighting Behind Urban Agriculture

Creative use of space and cutting-edge lighting technology come together to meet the intensifying need for food production ...
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Monday, July 18, 2022

Better Air Quality in New Buildings

The Australian Research Council (ARC) Training Centre for Advanced Building Systems Against Airborne Infection Transmission aims to reduce airborne infection transmission by improving indoor air quality while maintaining comfort and efficiency.
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Thursday, March 10, 2022

Can The New American Home inspire builders to go green?

The New American “net-zero energy” home, infers the potential to generate at least as much energy from renewable sources as it uses ||
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Monday, December 14, 2020

Open database analysis of scaling and spatio-temporal properties of power grid frequencies ||

The energy system, and in particular the electricity system, is undergoing rapid changes due to the introduction of renewable energy sources, to mitigate climate change. To cope with these changes new policies and technologies are proposed and a range of business models are implemented in various energy systems across the world. New concepts, such as smart grids, flexumers, or prosumers, are developed and tested in pilot regions. Still, studies rarely systematically compare different approaches, data, or regions, in part because freely available research data are lacking.

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Sunday, September 27, 2020

 For years, climate scientists have been wary of attributing extreme weather directly to man-made atmospheric warming, but that's changing in the face of historic heat waves and cascading natural disasters || 



Friday, July 10, 2020

Jane Goodall on Conservation, Climate Change and COVID-19: 'If We Carry on With Business as Usual, We're Going to Destroy Ourselves' ||

We need to realize we're part of the environment, that we need the natural world. We depend on it. We can't go on destroying. We've got to somehow understand that we're not separated from it, we are all intertwined. Harm nature, harm ourselves. If we continue with business as usual, we're going to come to the point of no return. At a certain point the ecosystems of the world will just give up and collapse and that's the end of us eventually too.

Wednesday, July 08, 2020

NYCxDESIGN Gathers Odes to New York From Designers Near & Far

Twenty Five designers from the five boroughs and beyond offer a heartfelt message to the world’s epicenter of design during an uncertain time.

Thursday, April 16, 2020

U.S. National Library of Medicine || Oral TCM & COVID-19 Update

The National Library of Medicine started in 1836 as a small collection of medical books and journals in the office of the United States Army Surgeon General.
COVID-19 Update On Cytokine Storm: Identification and Treatment ||

Many doctors are focused on treating the inflammatory reactions it triggers ||

Medicinal "Anti-Inflammatory" Plants vs. Synthetic "Anti-Inflammatory" Drugs | NCBI, U.S. National Library of Medicine | 2018 Review || 


[US National Library of Medicine] Currently, the synthetic antiviral drugs or vaccines have limited use in developing countries due to the emergence of resistant strains, the high cost, and the harmful side effects. However, Anti-Inflammatory agents derived from herbs (medicinal plants) have many advantages such as low cost and toxicity, extensive source, and ease of access. Moreover, medicinal plants usually have multitarget effects, which not only act as antiviral agents (with fewer or no side effects) but also stimulate immunity. Therefore, medicinal plant extracts and phytochemicals are attracting more and more attention as the potential sources for the development of new antiviral drugs during the recent decade. 

Huang Lian Shang Qing (common name Coptidis Combination   [US - N L M]                    Antimicrobial Potential of Coptidis Rhizome   [US - N L M]

Ban Lan Gen (common name: Isatis Root): [US - N L M]

Huang Lian Su (common name: Berberine): [US - N L M]

Qing Fei Yi Huo Pian (common name Gardenia)  [US - N L M]

Qingzao Runfei Huazhuo Xingxue: Inflammatory cells / Alveolar cavity [US - N L M]

Yin Chiao (yin chiao chieh tu pien) Yinchiao Tablet  is highly-regarded for its ability to nourish and strengthen the body's immunity during the onset of infection.  Lianhuaqingwen capsules: (common name forsythia honeysuckle) [US - N L M]

Bell's Palsy  (facial weakness or post-stroke facial paralysis)                                                              Tian Ma Wan = Angelica Sinensis / Rehmanniae Radix      [US - N L M]


Oral TCM/CHM analyzed findings from 3,145 patients in 30 eligible studies on immune responses during coronavirus disease

Oral TCM/CHM formulas are a valuable source of drugs for the management of COVID-19 in its early stages. They act on multitargets, inhibit biochemical pathways, epigenetic regulation of gene expression & modulation of immune response

Saturday, February 29, 2020

The 12-Day Greater Boston Design Festival

March 27 - April 7, 2020

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Monday, November 04, 2019

The Guggenheim Reveals Rem Koolhaas and AMO Exhibition ||

Set to open in February 2020, ”Countryside, The Future” will explore the transformation of nonurban areas. Rem Koolhaas, Hon. FAIA, a founder of the Rotterdam-based Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), has spent much of his design career focused on urbanism and cities around the world. In an upcoming exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, however, Koolhaas turns his focus to the countryside, exploring various challenges facing the planet's undeveloped areas.

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

LightShow West | Los Angeles Convention Center ||

LightShow West is the West Coast’s foremost destination for ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS and other LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS to keep current on the latest lighting trends ||

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

AstraZeneca’s LEED Platinum West Coast Center Rethinks R&D ||

From research institutions to life science facilities, laboratories of all stripes tend to use disproportionately high amounts of energy relative to their square footage. So the bar was inherently high for HOK when they were tasked to design the interiors for AstraZeneca’s center for West Coast operations in San Francisco, an ambitious facility that positions research and development labs adjacent to administrative and creative staff in open-plan office spaces.


Thursday, May 16, 2019

Discover what’s new, next, & cutting edge | AIA Conference on Architecture 2019

Looking for a project or product solution | Tap into the expertise of some of the industry’s best brands, face to face ||


Tuesday, April 16, 2019

International Conference on Cities Identity Through Architecture & Arts ||

It is easy to identify a city's identity by looking at its architecture. Architecture is the platform where all cultural, historical and economic monuments meet. With each city's unique identity, the impact is left and history made. Similarly, traditions represent a critical piece of our culture and identity. They help form the structure and foundation of our families and our society. 

Monday, March 04, 2019

The Evolving Metropolis

New York City, US, will host the 2019 IABSE Congress New York City with the main theme of The Evolving Metropolis. According to Wikipedia, a Metropolis is “a large city which is a significant economic, political and cultural center for a country of region and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce and communications”. What better place than the financial hub (and possibly) architectural center of the US and perhaps the world, than Manhattan in New York City ||

Friday, December 28, 2018

21st International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing ||

ICMEM 2019: 21st International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing.
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Monday, November 12, 2018

International Builders Show | February 19-21, 2019 Las Vegas, NV

Celebrate outstanding products and individuals servicing the industry |
NAHB Remodelers All-Star Showcase ||
The New American Remodel
The Align Project will challenge your ideas & offer sustainable living solutions for aligning our lifestyles with our ever-changing socio-economic & environmental realities.

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Greenbuild International Conference & Expo ||

Greenbuild International Conference & Expo explores new ways of sustainable building and design. Sustainability is at the forefront of Greenbuild, Mccormick Place, Chicago, Illinois | November 14th - 16th, 2018 ||


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Friday, September 28, 2018

An economic model to help policymakers to reassess risk evaluation, concerning the diminutive efforts of climate change ||

Two economists, one with the London School of Economics and Political Science, the other with Princeton University, have created a model to assist policymakers in better understanding willingness issues related to climate change mitigation efforts. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Timothy Besley and Avinash Dixit describe how their model works and the ways it could be used.





Monday, September 24, 2018

Why do people share? It's interactive, communicative and contagious ||



                                     















                     

[six-year study] In the modern world, people cooperate with other people including strangers all the time. We give blood, tip providers of various services, and donate to charity despite the fact that there is seemingly nothing in it for us.


Tuesday, August 07, 2018

Overcoming Tribalism

Control over the nature & flow of information to government decision-makers is significantly altered by the lobbying process & creates a situation of systematically distorted communication:












What Is Tribalism & How It Overrules Reason:

    Overcoming Tribalism:

         Transcending Tribalism:                        




Tuesday, July 03, 2018

This Power Plant Has Cracked Carbon Capture ||

NET Power figured out how to burn fossil fuels without releasing
greenhouse gases, a critical step in the fight to slow climate change.

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Expansion Will Double Solar Panel Output ||

First Solar, which is presently the largest manufacturer of solar panels in the United States, has officially begun construction of its new and highly-touted manufacturing facility in Lake Township, Ohio - just south of Toledo. The plant, which is less than 10 miles from a current facility in Perrysburg, is expected to be up and running by late next year. The $400 million plant will be capable of producing solar modules with a total of 1.2 GW of annual capacity.

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Thursday, May 31, 2018

How London-based studio Made Thought incorporated sustainability and circularity into the core of their work, without sacrificing content or style ||

Sustainability, recycling, and circularity are without a doubt the biggest trend of the year in design. From the Salone del Mobile manifesto decreeing that sustainability was the name of the game at this year’s Milan design week, to David Attenborough’s gut-wrenching Blue Planet II, suddenly we all care about waste. It’s not yet clear if all this recent environmental virtue signalling will result in widespread cultural change, but  there are significant studios taking steps in the right direction.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Smart walls react to human touch, sense activity in the room ||

Date: April 23, 2018
Source: Carnegie Mellon University
Summary:  Walls are what they are -- sizable, pulseless dividers. With a few applications of conductive paint and some electronics, however, walls can become smart infrastructure that sense human touch, and detect things like gestures and when appliances are used. Researchers found that they could transform insensible walls into smart walls at relatively low cost using simple tools and techniques, such as a paint roller. Read More:
    

Friday, March 23, 2018

Green buildings must go beyond conserving energy ||

Studies show that LEED buildings are typically 30 percent more efficient than other buildings and have other benefits like reduced air pollution indoors. And at least one study suggests people working in LEED buildings are more productive, according to Delmas. “There is an increase in rent for those that have LEED buildings—about 50 cents per square foot annually,” says Magali Delmas.

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

THE ROLE OF BUILDINGS AND WHOLE BUILDING DESIGN ||

Buildings are deceptively complex. At their best, they connect us with the past and represent the greatest legacy for the future. They provide shelter, encourage productivity, embody our culture, and certainly play an important part in life on the planet. In fact, the role of buildings is constantly changing. Buildings today are life support systems, communication and data terminals, centers of education, justice, and community, and so much more. They are incredibly expensive to build and maintain and must constantly be adjusted to function effectively over their life cycle.  

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

How Downtown L.A. Finally Arrived ||

The emergence of Downtown Los Angeles, dubbed DTLA, is no news flash: The area has been on the rise since the late 1990s. But that was the start of a long uphill climb. By 2009, it had already undergone the transition from bleak badlands to vibrant cultural mecca, thanks to early pioneers like the L.A. Live entertainment complex and the Standard Hotel.  Since then, a slew of new hotels, restaurants, and museums have joined, and the neighborhood is showing no sign of slowing down.

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Friday, September 15, 2017

How solar power can protect the US military from threats to the electric grid ||

The first threat to the electricity grid comes from nature. Severe weather disasters resulting in power outages cause between US$25 billion and $70 billion in the U.S. each year – and that’s average years, not those including increasingly frequent major storms, like Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
Without electricity from civilian power plants, the most advanced military in world history could be crippled. The U.S. Department of Energy has begged for new authority to defend against weaknesses in the grid in a nearly 500-page comprehensive study issued in January 2017 warning that it’s only a matter of time before the grid fails, due to disaster or attack. A new study reveals the three ways American military bases’ electrical power sources are threatened, and shows how the U.S. military could take advantage of solar power to significantly improve national security.

Saturday, September 02, 2017

Workplace stress costs American businesses up to $190 billion every year in healthcare alone ||

Incorporating nature into the workplace can take many different forms including living green walls, indoor trees and planter boxes. Just being able to see nature has been shown to increase both self-esteem and mood, particularly among younger people.                    
[Attention and concentration is not the same thing. Concentration is exclusion while attention excludes nothing] 
 ~Attention restoration theory suggests that looking at nature can cause the brain to shift into a different mode of processing. Researchers studied brain scans of people who were randomly assigned to look at pictures of a green meadow or a concrete roof for 40 seconds. Even this brief glimpse of nature was enough to shift the brain into a more relaxed mode.

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Saturday, July 22, 2017

How a Hydraulic Boardwalk Is Giving Istanbul Its Waterfront Back ...

For all their vaunted proximity to the seas that have shaped their ancient city, locals feel the absence of nature keenly in Istanbul. A master plan by Gensler and U.S.-based design firm Dror will reintegrate Istanbul's waterfront within the ancient city's urban fabric for the first time in centuries.

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Thursday, June 22, 2017

Tour Venice with a Virtual Time Machine |

A thousand years of Venetian records, maps and images could digitally reconstruct this city's deep history, giving researchers insight into urban life, from disease patterns to trade trends.
Machine-learning project will analyse 1,000 years of maps and manuscripts from the floating city's golden age. The ‘time machine’ reconstructs ancient Venice social networks. PDF File

Friday, June 02, 2017

PLASMONICS || NEW LIGHT SOURCES

The emerging field of plasmonics may usher in new clean & sustainable technologies & desalination systems to avert a future global water crisis. Plasmonic materials contain features, patterns & elements that enable unprecedented control of light by harnessing clouds of electrons called surface plasmons. The name plasmon derives from the physical plasma as a state of matter in which the atoms are ionized.
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