Rising to the Occasion

Articles

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  Passive Acceptance

  Virtually unknown in the United States, Passive Houses are starting to make a big impression with their small footprints.

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  Passive Houses in Stockholm

  Back in early 2008, we wrote about a new suburban development by Swedish architecture firm Smedshammar + Holmberg, which was meant to set a new precedent in Sweden for housing innovation. Now…

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  101 Solar

  Dare we say "enlightening"? Be it passive or aggressive, find out what solar energy can do for you.

Products

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  Eco

  Pros Eco by Cosentino consists of 75 percent postindustrial or postconsumer materials, which nabbed them a Cradle to Cradle Silver and Greenguard certification. Its nonporous surface needs no…

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  Whole Home Energy Boost Box

  This Box has a set of energy saving dynamos that are sure to tune-up the way you use energy in your home. Perfect for those who do not want to spend time or money on solar but do want see a…

Dwell Collection

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  Easy Being Green: Off the Grid

  We trek far afield each issue to bring you energy-efficient residences from around the globe, and they appear in all their green glory in our “Off the Grid” section. We revisited our…

Events

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  MoMA Rising Currents Exhibition

  MoMA and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center joined forces to address one of the most urgent challenges facing the nation’s largest city: sea-level rise resulting from global climate change. Though…

• Hands-on Greywater and Rainwater Workshop

  Interested in learning how to retrofit a home to collect rainwater and recycle greywater? Come to this double workshop on rainwater/greywater to learn how. The morning will be about rainwater…

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  Beverly Semmes and Glenn Adamson

  Listen to a conversation between Glenn Adamson, consulting curator to Dirt on Delight, and exhibition artist Beverly Semmes. Adamson’s book Thinking Through Craft (Berg Publishers, 2007)…