Tag Archives: Energy

The Living Building Challenge is kicking my butt!!!

Posted on May 21, 2011 by annamadeit

Imagine that you are cooking dinner, but you are restricted to only using ingredients sourced from within a geographical radius of 500 kilometers. That’s a tad over 310 US miles. This would mean that if you use salt, you would … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative pursuits, Environment, Green Living, Health and Safety, On Building, On Design | Tagged Beauty, efficiency, Energy, Equity, habitat, health, Living Building Challenge, Materials, non-toxic, plumbing, red list, sharing, site, Water | 4 Comments

One quick amendment…

Posted on April 6, 2011 by annamadeit

After sleeping on it, I would like to make one small amendment to yesterday’s blog posting on green roofs. Sometimes, there actually exists a good reason not to employ the glorious expanses of chlorophyll I gushed so extensively about in … Continue reading →

Posted in Client Education, Cool building materials, Environment, Green Living, On Building, On Design | Tagged Building, Energy, environment, gray water, green roofs, Living Building Challenge, non-toxic, sustainability | 3 Comments

Soften the Environmental Blow With a Green Roof!

Posted on April 5, 2011 by annamadeit

Ever since I attended an architectural product luncheon back in 1993, where a Swiss rep was showing his wares – various sizes of the plastic, egg crate-looking modules holding the planting medium used to create planted roofs – and lauding … Continue reading →

Posted in Client Education, Cool building materials, Environment, Gardening and Landscaping, Green Living, On Building, On Design | Tagged brown roofs, Building, climate change, economy, Energy, environment, extensive, Green Roof Initiative, green roofs, Green Technology, Heat Island Effect, intensive, Landscape design, storm water | 7 Comments

Why So Many Colors?

Posted on January 27, 2011 by annamadeit

The paint company Sherwin Williams have a program where they donate paint to beautify public schools. In 2006, Beach Elementary were the excited and grateful recipients of one of these donations. I set the colors, and volunteers from Hands-On Portland … Continue reading →

Posted in Client Education, Color, On Design | Tagged Beach Elementary, Chromodynamics, Color, Energy, light, Psychology, Sherwin Williams, volunteers | Leave a comment

Plug your cell phone into your solar curtain!

Posted on January 12, 2011 by annamadeit

1 August 2010 Shield your windows and collect solar energy to power your home at the same time! An ingenious concept first launched by Sweden-based Interactive Studios in 2005, as the Energy Curtain, a window shade that is specially woven … Continue reading →