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Earth-Sheltered Homes: Anatomy and Benefits

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Earth-Sheltered Homes: Anatomy and Benefits The typical four-walled home that we all have come to know and love isn’t the only option available for homeowners anymore. With today’s advancements in construction technology and architectural design, it’s now possible, now more than ever, to both live comfortably, be eco-conscious, and live out your Lord of the Rings fantasies and live like ... Read More »

What Can Fashion Learn From the Construction Industry?

What can fashion learn from the construction industry?

What Can Fashion Learn From the Construction Industry? The construction industry is widely regarded as having one of the lowest levels of efficiency out of all industries worldwide, as well as being exceptionally slow to implement modern technologies. If you consider the construction of a modern house, you might well conjure up the image of a brick-layer carefully laying mortar ... Read More »

Sustainable Home Building: New Milestones

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Sustainable Home Building “Thinking green” has turned into one of the most ubiquitous mantras of the 21st century. Faced with the pessimistic odds when it comes to the unpredictability of the volatile weather conditions and climate fluctuations, the humanity has started to change its living habits. The process is very gradual, almost seamless, but the changes are definitely on their ... Read More »

Green Granny Flats and Backyard Retreats

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Green Granny Flats Designing a backyard living space will not only boost the value of your home, but it will also truly enrich your home experience. While a beautiful outdoor studio can become your hub of creativity, a stylish granny flat will provide you with a guest house, kids’ play area or a rental property. Furthermore, this will be a ... Read More »

Green Construction, Materials and Technologies

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Green Construction In this day and age, you can hear almost everyone talking about “going green.” The thing is, that trend will not go away, and at some point, every construction company will have to follow in the same direction. This will happen because, quite simply, we have no other choice. We have destroyed our planet, and now we have ... Read More »

Sustainable Concrete…..Sustainable?

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Sustainable Concrete Most people don’t know this, but concrete is one of the key contributors to sustainable development. It’s the most widely used out of all construction materials and is a major factor in Australia’s economic well-being via investment, employment, and taxation. It’s used literally everywhere: in bridges, roads, apartment buildings, schools, hospitals and although it’s very versatile as a ... Read More »