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2. Arcology - Wikipedia

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   The station is not self-sufficient – the U.S. military delivers 30,000,000 liters (8,000,000 US gal) of fuel and 5 kilotonnes (11 million pounds) of supplies and equipment yearly through its Operation Deep Freeze resupply effort [8] – but it is isolated from conventional support networks.

3. Sustainable design - Wikipedia

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   Environmentally sustainable design (also called environmentally conscious design, eco-design, etc.) is the philosophy of designing physical objects, the built environment, and services to comply with the principles of ecological sustainability and also aimed at improving the health and comfort of occupants in a building.

4. Sustainable architecture - Wikipedia

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   Sustainable architecture uses a conscious approach to energy and ecological conservation in the design of the built environment. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The idea of sustainability , or ecological design , is to ensure that use of currently available resources does not end up having detrimental effects to a future society's well-being or making it ...

5. Interest soars in self-sustaining homes called Earthships - AOL

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6. Lebanese architect builds a 'self-sufficient' home - AOL

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   STORY: A Lebanese architect built himself a 'self-sufficient' hometo raise awareness about the pollution associated with constructionLocation: Baskinta, Lebanon(Nizar Haddad, Architect)“Today ...

7. Earthship - Wikipedia

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   The home, which was owned by Kevan and Gillian Trott, was built in April 2007 by Kevan, Mike Reynolds and an Earthship Crew from Taos, it was sold to a family in 2014. The design was modified for a European climate and is seen as the first of many for the European arena. It is currently used as a holiday home for eco-tourists. [24]

8. Experimental architecture - Wikipedia

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   The design involved delineating the zones between humans and non-humans, for example designing roofs and foundations so that they could be utilized by animals. [2] Another example of experimental architecture is the Minnesota's Experimental City, which was a concept design for a self-sustaining city.

9. Double envelope house - Wikipedia

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   Lee Porter Butler's 1975 Double Envelope (Shell) design [1] received wide publicity after the U.S. solar energy tax credits were created in 1978. Versions were on the cover of Better Homes and Gardens and Popular Science [2] magazines. Butler was an artistic/ecological building designer, a self-proclaimed "Ekotect."