Sunday, January 08, 2006
Resources / Rainwater Info
Rainwater Collection for the Mechanically Challenged
WEB Reference, Jan. 2006 (NSP) - From design considerations to nitty-gritty plumbing details, this well-illustrated and humorous guide takes the reader through the entire process of installing a potable, residential rainwater collection system, including determining how much rainwater is required, disinfection, costs, recommended materials and troubleshooting. http://www.newsociety.com/bookid/3907.
Rainwater Collection for the Mechanically Challenged
WEB Reference, Jan. 2006 (NSP) - From design considerations to nitty-gritty plumbing details, this well-illustrated and humorous guide takes the reader through the entire process of installing a potable, residential rainwater collection system, including determining how much rainwater is required, disinfection, costs, recommended materials and troubleshooting. http://www.newsociety.com/bookid/3907.
EcoDesign / Cities
EcoCity Builders
WEB Reference, Jan. 2006 (EcoCity Builders) - We are a non-profit organization dedicated to reshaping cities, towns and villages for long term health of human and natural systems. Our goals include returning healthy biodiversity to the heart of our cities, agriculture to gardens and the streets, and convenience and pleasure to walking, bicycling and transit. We visualize a future in which waterways in neighborhood environments and prosperous downtown centers are opened for curious children, fish, frogs and dragonflies. We work to build thriving neighborhood centers while reversing sprawl development, to build whole cities based on human needs and "access by proximity" rather than cities built in the current pattern of automobile driven excess, wasteful consumption and the destruction of the biosphere. http://www.ecocitybuilders.org/index.html.
EcoCity Builders
WEB Reference, Jan. 2006 (EcoCity Builders) - We are a non-profit organization dedicated to reshaping cities, towns and villages for long term health of human and natural systems. Our goals include returning healthy biodiversity to the heart of our cities, agriculture to gardens and the streets, and convenience and pleasure to walking, bicycling and transit. We visualize a future in which waterways in neighborhood environments and prosperous downtown centers are opened for curious children, fish, frogs and dragonflies. We work to build thriving neighborhood centers while reversing sprawl development, to build whole cities based on human needs and "access by proximity" rather than cities built in the current pattern of automobile driven excess, wasteful consumption and the destruction of the biosphere. http://www.ecocitybuilders.org/index.html.
Sustainable Future Views / Models
Welcome to Drake Landing Solar Community
WEB Reference, Jan. 5, 2006 (Elist, EN INFO) - The Drake Landing Solar Community (DLSC) is a master planned neighborhood in the Town of Okotoks, Alberta, Canada that has successfully integrated Canadian energy efficient technologies with a renewable, unlimited energy source - the Sun. The first of its kind in North America, DLSC is heated by a district system designed to store abundant solar energy underground during the summer months and distribute the energy to each home for space heating needs during winter months.The system is unprecedented in the World, fulfilling ninety percent of each home’s space heating requirements from solar energy and resulting in less dependency on limited fossil fuels. For more information see: http://www.dlsc.ca/index.htm.
Welcome to Drake Landing Solar Community
WEB Reference, Jan. 5, 2006 (Elist, EN INFO) - The Drake Landing Solar Community (DLSC) is a master planned neighborhood in the Town of Okotoks, Alberta, Canada that has successfully integrated Canadian energy efficient technologies with a renewable, unlimited energy source - the Sun. The first of its kind in North America, DLSC is heated by a district system designed to store abundant solar energy underground during the summer months and distribute the energy to each home for space heating needs during winter months.The system is unprecedented in the World, fulfilling ninety percent of each home’s space heating requirements from solar energy and resulting in less dependency on limited fossil fuels. For more information see: http://www.dlsc.ca/index.htm.
