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green construction: What is your ecological footprint? - 06/27/07 07:09 PM
Take this quiz to see how your lifestyle is impacting upon our planet and its resources. Tucson, like much of the rest of the country, is offering numerous earth-friendly alternatives in home construction. In an effort to lessen the ecological footprint we all leave behind, there is a wide range of options available from simple solar energy conversion to rammed earth and straw bale construction. Rammed earth and adobe structured walls lessen the heat/cold transfer from the exterior to the interior of the home, thereby making internal temperatures more stable and less costly to maintain at comfort levels. Tucson, like most … (2 comments)
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green construction: Central Tucson - Going Green! - 05/03/07 02:58 PM
indigoMODERN is a new cutting-edge community of single family homes in downtown Tucson. Renowned firm Rob Paulus Architect, Ltd. - the team that brought you Ice House Lofts and Barrio Metalico - introduces a new home style to fit the green lifestyles while satisfying the desire to be right in the heart of Central Tucson's arts, culture, restaurants and events!
Conveniently situated on the 3rd Street bike path, between Speedway and 5 th St., East of the University of Arizona, minutes froim I10, indigoMODERN offers urban living at its finest! Each home is pre-wired for solar photo-voltaic panels and pre-plumbed for … (0 comments)
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green construction: Green Construction and Energy savers in Arizona! - 03/16/07 02:20 PM
Did you know... With threat of global warming many people are looking for ways to help save the environment. One easy and effective way is with a light bulb! It takes 18 seconds to change a light bulb, so how many has your state changed? Find out through a new campaign hosted by Yahoo. Here states and cities can compete to see how many pounds of coal and dollars they have saved, cars that they collectively kept off the road and pounds of CO2 they have prevented from entering our atmosphere by replacing incandescent bulbs with compact florescent lamps (cfl's). When … (2 comments)
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green construction: Green Construction - Straw Bale in Arizona - 02/07/07 08:56 PM
Did you know...
Tucson and Pima County has a building code specific to straw bale construction?http://www.dcat.net/resources/Tucson_Pima_Co_SB_Code.pdf
Straw bale construction uses baled straw from wheat, oats, barley, rye, rice and others in walls covered by stucco. Straw bale is a waste product which farmers do not till under the soil, but sell as animal bedding or landscape supply due to its durable nature. Unlike hay bales that are composed of short species of livestock feed grass that is green/alive and thus not suitable for this application. Hay is also typically twice the price of straw. This technique for constructing walls has been recently revived as a … (0 comments)
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Tina Furtado- Realtor® Tucson, AZ
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