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Reduce waste, design for durability, choose greener materials: many of the basics of sustainable product design are well understood, if not always well disseminated. View Article »
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The winners have been announced for the third annual Biomimicry Student Design Challenge, organized by the Biomimicry 3.8 Institute. The top prize went to a team of architecture and business students from the Art Institute of Isfahan in Iran. Their design, the Bio-Arch, draws inspiration from the desert snail to passively cool the building. View Article »
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Sarah Krasley, Autodesk’s sustainable manufacturing program manager, explores the difference between innovation and invention in her recent Fast Company piece “The 6 Questions That Lead To New Innovations.” View Article »
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The folks are Core77 have featured another innovative young designer from its Design for (Your) Product Lifetime Showcase, presented by Autodesk. For the Showcase, Core77 tasked five students to redesign commonplace objects using the tools and education found at the Autodesk Sustainability Workshop. View Article »
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This is the second installment of updates on the construction of Anderson Anderson’s net zero energy classroom (case study, update 1). The building is almost fully assembled. The construction crew is finishing the last details at a factory in Oregon before they disassemble it into four pieces and transport it to the site in Hawaii. View Article »
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In its recent Design for (Your) Product Lifetime Showcase, presented by Autodesk, Core77 asks five young designers to incorporate what they’ve learned at the Autodesk Sustainability Workshop by redesigning a commonplace object using Autodesk software. This latest installment features Massachusetts-based David Fustino’s take on the everyday desk lamp. View Article »
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The next time you crack open a bottle of Fat Tire, or one of New Belgium Brewing Company’s other tasty beverages (assuming you are of legal age), offer a toast to its reduced energy footprint. New Belgium is a member of the Fort Collins Zero Energy District, or FortZED, and has purchased all of their electricity from wind power since 1999. View Article »
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While I was in upstate New York in late October, I had the opportunity to visit tour the Rochester Institute of Technology. I was impressed with RIT’s facilities, faculty, and approach to engineering education. View Article »
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I had the privilege to speak at the Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) national conference this past weekend in Buffalo, New York. Two things that stood-out to me were the strength of the student community around sustainable engineering and how well these students were positioning themselves for the cutting-edge, meaningful careers they want. View Article »
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The form of the building on our Net Zero Energy Building Design video series was inspired by the Anderson Anderson Architecture Net Zero Energy Classroom (ZEBRA Project). The first of these classrooms is currently being built, and this is the first of a series of posts that will follow its construction. View Article »
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Autodesk student experts from Oman did some nice analysis in this green building competition. Now to build!? http://t.co/SlUx9C5a
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A temporary, collapsible, reusable 12,000-seat Olympic stadium. The way forward. http://t.co/FhEFVaiR via @AFrancisToGo
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