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President-elect Obama has committed to economic recovery, energy independence, carbon-neutral buildings by 2030 and an 80% reduction in US greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Architecture 2030 has developed a groundbreaking economic stimulus plan that, with a single investment, simultaneously addresses all of these issues. Edward Mazria and Kristina Kershner presented the 2030 Challenge Stimulus Plan last week to policymakers and industry leaders in the Nation’s Capitol where the Plan is now gathering steam.

Build Your Own S.A.B.S. Dream Home

With S.A.B.S. you can truly do it yourself. EPS blocks are lightweight and easy to set in place. GFRC is applied with low pressure and easily smoothed using trowels. These two steps make up the whole shell and can both be done with very little training or experience.

S.A.B.S. does not use heavy materials which makes it possible for anyone to do the job. Panels only weigh 16 – 48lbs and are easy to set in place. GFRC is applied using low pressure so it is easy for anyone to do. With S.A.B.S. you can get as much or as little help as you want.

With S.A.B.S. you can build as fast or as slow as you want to. EPS, if left uncoated, only requires cleaning before GFRC application. S.A.B.S. buildings are built in phases, each completed phase of your house has been checked for structural integrity and can be left without having to worry about something happening to it. If you want to build fast, S.A.B.S. doesn’t hold you back. Each step to completing a S.A.B.S. requires little wait time.

S.A.B.S. has been built in temperatures ranging from -2 to 120 degrees successfully. This doesn’t just extend the building season, it makes all year the build season. So when you start, how long you take, and when you finish are no long issues you have to worry about.

S.A.B.S. is type V-B construction material and limited under type V-B restrictions of the IBC. In short S.A.B.S. is limited to 2 stories with a maximum height of 40ft. Larger projects can be built by utilizing multiple building materials. For a detailed description please see type V-B material limitation in the IBC. S.A.B.S. can be used as floors, interior / exterior walls, and roofs. Because of S.A.B.S. flexibility it can also be used for almost anything from rockwork to waterfalls. Everything in the S.A.B.S. system becomes structural no matter how odd the shape, with no added frame work.

S.A.B.S. has many advantages over any other system on the market. By building or purchasing a house built with S.A.B.S. technology, you are getting a home that will never have a structural fire because GFRC and EPS don’t burn. Your home will also never have water damage, mold or termites. S.A.B.S. box frame composite doesn’t rely on any specific structural members, meaning any damage to your house remains localized. To see a full list of benefits please visit our Benefits page.

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Project Laundry List

Project Laundry List uses words, images, and advocacy to educate people about how simple lifestyle modifications, including air-drying one’s clothes, reduce our dependence on environmentally and culturally costly energy sources.

http://www.laundrylist.org/index2.htm

kama Energy Efficient Building Systems, Inc. is a privately veteran owned Nevada corporation. Corporate offices and fabricating facility are located in Las Vegas, Nevada.

kama Energy Efficient Building Systems™ (kama-EEBS) panels are the newest generation of structural insulated panels that are designed with no thermal bridge so they perform at peek energy efficiency. They’re used to build single family homes,

light industrial, small and large commercial, schools, hospitals, government, amphitheatres, churches and cultural buildings to name a few.

kama-EEBS™ panels are a unique proprietary design of light gauge metal stud framing and 100% recyclable expanded polystyrene for high-end insulating and soundproofing.

www.kama-eebs.com

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The E-Base Goes Live

The E-Base Goes Live

For the ‘E-Base Goes Live’ project, Robert will be living at the E-Base for two weeks, relying completely on renewable energy. Using the latest in satellite, internet and digital media technologies, he will be sharing his message on renewable energy and climate change with an international audience.

Throughout the project, live text and video conference links with schools and organizations will allow Robert to showcase alternative energy sources in one of the harshest environments on the planet.

E-Base Location

The E-Base is located at Bellingshausen Station, a Russian Antarctic station at Collins Harbor on King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland Islands, located at 62°12’S, 58°58’W.

A Sustainable Base for the Future

The E-Base is a sustainable green building, constructed from carefully selected post-consumer recycled materials.

One cornerstone of sustainable design is to retain as many resources as possible within a community. However, as there are no building materials produced in Antarctica, the decision was made to use sustainable building materials, such as structurally insulated panels from WinterPanel, 100 percent post consumer recycled rubber interior flooring from EcoSurfaces and an energy star watertight blanket with low VOCs for the roof and siding from Metacrylics.

http://ebase.2041.com/

Tim McCormack and Robert Mechielsen run you through a smorgasbord of new and exciting green technologies, and interviews with the very people that make it all work.  Immerse yourself into the latest green ideas, practical solutions, and investment strategies that will turn the Global Warming affect around.  Watch how it all gets done!    

www.greentech.fm

 The Celsias Show with Doug Snodgrass

Date: Live Every Tuesday beginning March 11, 2008
Time: 11 PM Eastern time / 8 PM Pacific time (U.S.)
Duration: Approximately 30 minutes

http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=13434&cmd=tc

http://www.celsias.com/category/the-celsias-show

Solar Tracking Skylights, Inc. 

Solar Tracking Skylights, Inc. offers patented skylight products and technologies that track the sun throughout the day to capture more of the sun's usable light. By reflecting light that would otherwise be lost when the sun is low in the horizon early and late in the day and throughout the day during winter months, Solar Tracking Skylight products produce greater light levels for a longer duration than any conventional skylight.

www.solar-track.com

Coal Ash Is More Radioactive than Nuclear Waste. By burning away all the pesky carbon and other impurities, coal power plants produce heaps of radiation

Coal Burning

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+ or - Zero Energy House