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Building Tomorrow - 3D Printing's Green Revolution in Construction

Construction technology is advancing after years of lagging digitalization, and 3D printing is becoming the spotlight for revolutionizing construction methodology. Companies like Peri Group ,  and ICON are exploring the potential of 3D printing to reshape construction. Their collective vision? To minimize environmental impact and make construction faster, more efficient, sustainable, and productive. ICON, for instanc...

Considering the Environmental Effects of Solar Panels

Have you ever thought of how much pollution a single household produces in a life time? Or even in a year? Here are some figures to help us think through this important question: Approximately 7.5 tons of carbon dioxide is produced in a house each year. And the average annual electricity consumption for a U.S. residential utility customer was 10,649 kilowatts hours (kWh), an average of about 877 kWh per month in 2019. Now, multiply ...

Solar Panels - Making Efficient Choices for Your Building

The demand for solar panels has been growing exponentially, particularly in the last decade, with rapidly declining costs and environmental awareness driving this popularity. According to SEIA, the Solar Energy Industries Association, in 2019 the US achieved 2 million solar PV installations.  To determine whether solar energy is a wise investment, it is necessary to take into consideration the architectural structure of each specific bui...

Shipping Containers – A Growing Trend for Green Buildings

The research for green building improvement is bringing a new trend to the sustainable field. The discovery of shipping containers as buildings material is providing benefits to the environment and well-being. Besides being more affordable, the containers reduce Carbon dioxide emissions. To better understand the shipping container concept, it’s helpful to know some background on why the containers were first designed, as well as th...

Green Schools – Enhancing Health, Wellness and Academic Performance

Students spend the majority of their day at school during their most crucial development years. In this time schools must be a creative thinking space, source inspiration and develop responsibility. Have a great environment is essential to contribute to students’ mood, focus, and consequently to their academic performance. Green building technologies applied to schools considerably improve the students and teachers’ well-bein...

Healthy Design – A Key Factor in Green Building Moving Forward

Buildings are a complex system divided in many indoor environments, which can cause a positive or negative impact on occupants’ health. People usually spend the most of their time indoors at work or at home and, therefore, building design has a large impact on quality of life. Architects and designers are increasingly considering ways to design buildings with health-focused spaces providing comfort and wellbeing. “In building...

The Importance of User Behavior in Green Building Efficiency

Green building is designed to improve efficiency.  Another way to improve efficiency that has a big influence but we do not pay enough attention is “green behavior” - the way in which the users manage the building. The way that green buildings are used after construction is very important because it brings to life all of the efficiencies previously planned. If users do not know how to use the green building, it will not ...

Increasing Green Building Performance with High Technology

New means of building development are being sought to reach the highest possible level of performance with reduction of the consumption and waste generated. One goal is to create buildings that supply their own consumption needs, which is one of the biggest challenges for green buildings nowadays. There are different types to design green buildings, by natural strategies using the environment in favor to the building, and by high technology u...

Top Ways Green Building Helps Companies Go Green

Nowadays, companies try to become sustainable because they worry about the environment and also about their innovation and growth within the entrepreneurial market. The market is increasingly looking for companies that care about the environment, so they concern themselves with investing in a source of energy that depends less and less on artificial energies, in addition to creating means of handling products that cause less impact to the env...