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When we think of sustainability, images of solar panels, thick insulation, and rainwater cisterns might come to mind. But Canadian architect and researcher Mark West is rethinking the bones of concrete structures to find ways to make them as efficient as possible. West is director of the University of Manitoba's Centre for Architectural Structures and Technology (CAST), where the research revolves around fabric-formed concrete. The process uses pliable fabric to make innovative, efficient structural shapes.
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SUSTAINABLE BY BIM: TWO CASE STUDIES
This pair of case studies explores the use of building information modeling (BIM) in small-scale sustainable design projects. Ross Street House, Madison, Wisconsin, designed by Richard Wittschiebe Hand Hadlow College Rural Regeneration Centre, Tonbridge, England, designed by Eurobuild Published 2012.0229
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Architectural Products Around the Web Creative Concrete — ArchitectureWeek, 2012.0327LEDpac Announces LED Troffer Design with Less Than 3 Year Payback — Business Wire (Press Release), 2012.0320 CENTRIA Introduces Zinc Panels from VMZINC — PRWeb, 2012.0313 Philips Defends New Energy Efficient Light Bulb — Triple Pundit, 2012.0313 What Homeowners Want from Their Roofs — DaVinci Roofscapes Press Release, 2012.0313 Autodesk Revit Users to Can Now Place Nora Flooring Directly into Their 3D Projects — nora Press Release, 2012.0313 SEWR, Using Solar Design to Purify Water — TreeHugger, 2012.0306 Therma-Tru Introduces Classic-Craft® Craftsman Sidelites — Therma-Tru Press Release, 2012.0301 Attractive Options for Modular Energy Architecture: The Bloom Energy Server — CleanTechnica, 2012.0228 Israeli Technology Turns Air into Drinking Water for Troops — NoCamels, 2012.0228 Southern California Manufacturing: Higher-Skilled Labor, Lower Shipping Costs, and Quicker Turnarounds. — Architect's Newspaper, 2012.0227 Building Material Dealers Slowly Construct Improved Business — Forbes, 2012.0224 Home Depot Profit Beats Analysts' Estimates — Bloomberg, 2012.0221 Something Sideways: The Horizontal Shower Launch — Architecture & Design, 2012.0217 Paneling the Eiffel Tower Pavilions — Glass On Web, 2012.0216 KONE to Supply Eco-Efficient Elevators to a New Office Building on Canary Wharf — Kone Press Release, 2012.0215 Lessons in U-Factors — Architects' Guide to Glass, 2012.0215 Dupont, Yingli Sign $100 Million Deal for Photovoltaic Materials — Wall Street Journal, 2012.0213 Building Materials Makers in Fiscal Jam — National, 2012.0210 Solutia Introduces Saflex Structural Interlayer for Architectural Laminated Glass — Saflex Press Release, 2012.0209 GlacialLight Announces New Dimmable LED Down Light — GlaciaLight Presss Release, 2012.0209 James Hardie Goes into Trading Halt — Herald Sun, 2012.0209 Experts on Historic Brickwork Renovation to Speak at Seminar in March — Building Products, 2012.0208 1st Order of Corning Solar Photovoltaic Glass on Commercial Scale — CleanTechnica, 2012.0208 Knoll Acquires FilzFelt — Reuters, 2012.0207 Pella Shows SmartSync Technology at International Builders' Show — Pella Press Release, 2012.0207 Eco Building Products, Inc Issues Letter to Shareholders — Sacramento Bee (Press Release), 2012.0207 GaN-on-GaN Rather Than the Traditional GaN-on-Sapphire for High-Efficiency Lighting — Grentech Media, 2012.0207 Bio Solar Power from Grass Clippings — Design Boom, 2012.0206 Belgard Hardscapes Outfits BUILDER Concept Home Series — Digital Journal, 2012.0203
Note: Pages will open in a new browser window Design Tools Around the Web Share and Sync 3D Models and Other Assets with Buzzsaw for Android — Plain Dealer, 2012.0326Taking Another Look at 3D — Cadalyst, 2012.0322 Luxology Launches Modo 601 and New CAD Loaders — Cadalyst, 2012.0322 iTech Uses BIM Bang-Whizzery at Al Mafraq Hospital — ConstructionWeek Online, 2012.0322 How Much RAM Should You Buy for a CAD Workstation? — CAD Speed, 2012.0320 SolidWorks Software Inventor Creates CAD Innovations — Boston Globe, 2012.0320 Projectmates Project Management Software Named Constructech Top Product — Systemates Press Release, 2012.0320 Australia's UTS Partners with Autodesk for ICE Studio — TenLinks, 2012.0320 Project LOD for BIM — Applying Technology to Architecture, 2012.0319 Tekla Structures 18 Takes BIM from Design to Reality — AECCafe Press Release, 2012.0316 Employee Buy-in Is Key to a Successful BIM Transition — Cadalyst, 2012.0315 A Mobile CAD Reality Check (Part 2) — Cadalyst, 2012.0314 Prioritize Your CAD Crises — Cadalyst, 2012.0314 iPad App to Replace Printed Blueprints? — Construction Digital, 2012.0308 What the New iPad Means for CAD Developers — WorldCAD Access, 2012.0308 The Unavoidable Cost of Computation Revealed — Nature, 2012.0307 BIM Cloud Riverbed Solution — BIM Boom, 2012.0307 Newforma Introduces Newforma Design Suite for Architects and Engineers — MarketWatch, 2012.0306 Arc Wall Flattener — Buildz, 2012.0305 Yip, AutoCAD 2013 Runs on Windows 8 — WorldCAD Access, 2012.0302 Role of BIM in Infrastructure Seismic Retrofits — Structure, 2012.0301 What Wasn't Said at SolidWorks World 2012 — Engineering-Matters, 2012.0301 3dboxx 3970 Xtreme — Cadalyst, 2012.0301 Inside the Lytro Camera — New York Times, 2012.0229 A Review of the Lytro Camera — New York Times, 2012.0229 Sustainable by BIM: Two Case Studies — ArchitectureWeek, 2012.0229 Trimble's Ruggedized Juno Takes GIS on a Field Trip — Cadalyst, 2012.0229 The Mac Version of Briscad in ...? — WorldCAD Access, 2012.0227 The AutoCAD 2013 Core Console — Through The Interface, 2012.0227
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