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Welcome to the third episode in our Sea Change series,  Back to the Future .  Green architect Betsy Pettit talks about retrofits and what older building methods can teach us about saving energy. And Dan Grossman of ReStore tells us about re-using salvaged building materials. Each month, our six-part series looks at what we can learn from the past, when we used far less fossil fuels than we do today. We explore practices we can adapt as ...

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5 hours ago ago from Architecture and Design News – Nikiomahe.com - Architecture, Design News, Interior Design, House Design, Furniture, Construction Project, and Residential

Do you know..?? A recent study by the Insulation Council of New Zealand and Australia reported that 40 per cent of Australian homes are without insulation. If we were to insulate these 2.7 million homes we could cut more than 90 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. What this tells me is that in the scramble to save the environment; our homes can make a massive difference. Below is a list of ways our houses can perform ...

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21 hours ago ago from Media General - Turnto10.com

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