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Four Retractable Shade Solutions for Residential Exteriors

ArchDaily

It offers relief from direct sunlight, helps regulate temperature, and reduces glare. For these reasons, architects strategically incorporate shading elements to enhance the quality and utility of spaces, especially in outdoor residential areas.

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Nhà Tú Garden by Long Nguyen Design

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Layer-on-Layer Design Moreover, the inclusion of an infinity pool stretching across the front facade not only served as a visual centerpiece but also played a vital role in temperature regulation, mitigating heat radiation from the street into the building. Source by Long Nguyen Design.

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Deep Retrofit Supply Chain Waiting For More Support

Westeck News

Content courtesy of PEMBINA institute Deep Retrofit Supply Chain Waiting For More Support Need to overcome low demand, lack of skilled labour, and lagging regulation. From that analysis, we developed four policy recommendations: Recommendation 1: Provide market certainty by implementing regulations that require deep building decarbonization.

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Aligning Incentives with Climate Change Goals

Westeck News

Ensuring utility demand-side measures are effective tools to meeting climate and energy goals. These changes aim to align the province’s utility DSM programs with the CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 , emphasizing electrification, affordability and market readiness for future efficiency standards. ’s net-zero targets by 2050.

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Re-imagining Construction: The Top 20 Tallest Mass Timber Buildings

Santa Cruz Architect

Photo by Voll Arkitekter + Rikardo Foto Mass timber construction has revolutionized the architectural landscape, offering a sustainable and innovative alternative to traditional building materials. HoHo Wien building has won multiple awards for innovative use of mass timber. Mjøstårnet is the tallest mass timber building in Europe.

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Cork Covers This Tiny London Extension—and Also Fills It

Dwell

The 215-square-foot addition utilizes the sustainable material as cladding that matches the neighborhood’s brick and as a non-toxic insulation. The natural cork material is used as both an external cladding, and also as an insulation—an innovative cork cladding and cork insulation has been used for the entire extension rear facade.

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A Guide to Inverters and Their Roles

The Architecture Designs

As we move toward a more sustainable and decentralised energy system, inverters will surely remain at the forefront of innovation and growth in this area. Inverter Types: source: solarpowerworldonline Grid-Tied Inverters : These inverters are linked to the utility grid, synchronising the AC output with the grid’s waveform.