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‘Gli Italiani e il Solare’ (Italians and Solar Technology) | Report for 2010
Last Wednesday, at the opening event for EcoMondo in Rimini, the study "Gli Italiani e il Solare" (Italians and Solar Technology) was presented. It was commissioned by Fotowatio Renewable Ventures...
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BIM Energy Analysis with ArchiCAD 16
Graphisoft has just released the preview videos for their new ArchiCAD version 16, and we are pretty excited about it here at Emu Architects. Enrico Bonilauri has written an extensive assessment of the...
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A beautiful example of residential green roofs at Wohldorf-Ohlstedt near Hamburg
Imagine if every house had a green roof, instead of traditional shingles or roof tiles? This is the community of Wohldorf-Ohlstedt near Hamburg, Germany. This was the first stop on our day of...
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Near Zero Energy Buildings in Italy
With great delay, the Italian government has finally implemented the EU Directive 2010/31 on Near Zero Energy Buildings. This directive leads the way for the future development of the entire European...
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Energy effiency retrofit: external insulation or new doors and windows?
The future of the construction industry in Italy is in the energy efficiency improvement of our existing building stock. We are often asked whether you should invest in external insulation or in new...
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Three examples of Italian green roofs that reinforce the natural landscape.
We are interested in the idea of using green roofs in landscape heritage areas to reinforce the remaining historic structures, while returning all newly developed surface area into natural vegetation...
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Green roofs and facades: discussing an alternative approach to landscape...
For fear of stepping too far outside of the box, we have remained in it for far too long. With this little article, I would like to remind you of a modern and beautiful way of continuing to respect the...
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Shedding some light on Earth Hour and the like.
Imagine what would happen if everyone knew as much about insulation as they do about energy saving bulbs. The light bulbs in our homes have changed drastically in the past ten years. The walls, however...
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Our visit to the Rocky Mountain Institut
During our recent trip to Colorado, we had the chance to visit the Rocky Mountain Institute in Snowmass, founded in 1982 by Amory Lovins as a research institute in matters such as sustainability,...
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