Category: Recycled Building Materials
03/26/08
FilterPave (Porous Pavement) in Boulder, CO
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This NewsTeam Boulder AED video describes a new process that was used to repave a parking lot at the University of Colorado at Boulder (USA) using recycled glass. more »
11/26/07
01:42:02 pm, by sklangdog 
, 40 words 
Categories: Construction Practices, Green Design, Recycled Building Materials, Energy (General)
Solar Greenhouse Construction Example
A silent video detailing the construction of a passive solar greenhouse. Appears to be well-built. The project is in the US, but could easily be applied to the developing world for year-round fresh food production.
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10/25/07
06:23:55 pm, by john.downs , 41 words
Categories: Construction Practices, Green Design, Rainwater Harvesting, Recycling, Recycled Building Materials, Earth Ships, Rammed Earth
Earthship biotecture
This video examines all the systems that are key to an earthship's success. The buildings architecture has been given the term biotecture to emphasis that extreme difference between traditional architecture and the more earth friendly earthships' archit… more »
10/23/07
02:11:14 pm, by saramacalpine , 20 words
Categories: Construction Practices, Recycled Building Materials
Shipping container construction using papercrete
Construction in New Mexico using old recycled shipping containers for rooms, insulating them with papercrete
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02:10:45 pm, by saramacalpine , 21 words
Categories: Construction Practices, Recycled Building Materials
How to make papercrete fence or room insulation
Video detailing how to make papercrete slabs, which can be used to make fences, insulation, or other structures
[youtube]eoEYpvqLPiY[/youtube] more »
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