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Back to Basics: Bioclimatic Design, Learning from History to Build For The Future

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The innovative vertical garden building merges nature with urban living, using passive strategies like cross ventilation, large sun-shielding terraces, fractured light parasols and rainwater harvesting for self-sustaining irrigation. Turbosealtech New Incubator and Office Building by New Wave Architecture , Tehran, Iran.

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Checking in to Meliá Frankfurt City – a hotel that means business

Hotel Designs

I’m told that Cyrus Moser Architects created the building’s façade to be a representation of a rose – personally, I got jenga for giants. What we can agree on, though, is the building’s eco rating. When guests open a window or a balcony door, for example, the air conditioning unit automatically shuts off to conserve energy.

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Building automation systems: All you need to know about intelligent buildings

Building and Interiors

The lighting can be regulated (turned on, off, or dimmed) with smart home automation and building automation system. The motion sensor light switches detect occupancy in the space and regulate the lights in the room. Famous brands that offer smart lighting are: Jaquar lighting. In fact, it is just the beginning.

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Architecture Articles: Building Design

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How to Make a Home more Eco-friendly Can you have a net-zero house?