Eco-buildings take on many forms; they can be schools, offices, community halls or places of worship. These buildings are also known as green construction or sustainable building. When building these structures the materials are environmentally friendly and efficiently resourced right from the beginning of its lifecycle from design through to construction, operation and maintenance. [Read more...]
Eco-buildings
March 11, 2011 By
Eco Villages
March 8, 2011 By
Eco villages are made up of groups of people who have the same ecological, socio-economic and spiritual values. The people of the villages have often made a decision to use alternative sources of energy for electricity, water and sewage systems. They believe that the modern consumerist lifestyle we now lead is wasteful and destructive and that the only way to avert an environmental disaster is to lead this alternative lifestyle which has a minimal ecological impact on the local environment. [Read more...]
The Environment-Eco Construction – What is Eco-Construction?
March 4, 2011 By
Eco-Construction is constructing a building that is not harmful and indeed could be beneficial to the environment. It is also known as “green building”. These structures are built from local resources and environmentally friendly materials, the energy that is needed to build it and the energy that comes from the structure. [Read more...]
Environmental Friendly Construction, Aspects to Consider – Water
February 20, 2011 By
The planet Earth is like a porous sponge and water is absorbed as well as springs from the ground. Many people are oblivious to the fact that what is thrown on the floor or thrown in the water will find its way to the groundwater. Groundwater reaches rivers and the sea and all pollutants that come with it mixes in the water that will be used for human consumption and also used in irrigation, bringing these pollutants direct into the food chain. As the water passes through the ground, pollutants are also left mixed with the soil. [Read more...]
Sustainability and Construction
February 15, 2011 By
The capacity of the human race to endure is at game. With the Planet Earth as its habitat, there is no place to hide. Humans need vital goods that derive from the ecosystems and environments that must be healthy or we will be feeding on toxic materials. In the worst case scenario, all water supply will be polluted and air impossible to breath. Taking into account that humans may die in eleven days if drink no water, and few minutes if they don’t breath, we are totally destroying the most basic vital elements for our own existence. We may imagine that we will be able to carry on feeding ourselves with synthetic and fabricated chemical food, but who knows at what cost as it is confirmed that all species on the planet are what they feed at. [Read more...]
Eco Friendly Construction Types
February 9, 2011 By
People in the U.S. decided that they wanted to find a new way of construction; an environmentally friendly way of construction. There are many different ambitions when starting an eco friendly construction plan, these being environmental, economic and social benefits. Sustainable design is a key motive of eco friendly construction, the intent of sustainable design is to reduce or eliminate negative environmental impact, and this is done from a skilful and sensitive design. [Read more...]
