Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 2, Number 3, 2005 Page: 11
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Black House, UK
At architect Meredith Bowles' award-winning Black House
highly insulated walls, strategically oriented windows and
a pump heating system make it both cost-effective and
energy efficient. The Royal Institute of British Architects
called it 'an exemplar... of how to design a low-cost,
generous accommodation, low-energy dwelling, where
every square quarter metre of floor space justifies its cost.'
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The House with an Umbrella, Czech Republic
This family house, built in 2003 by SEA Architects,
combines traditional materials with new creative
solutions based on modern technologies. Adobe
masonry is covered by straw sheathing and the
roof is sheltered by a waterproof cover. Traditional
materials like adobe (air dried mud) are locally
available, renewable and easy to recycle.
photo: Ester HavIove
Co-housing, Canada
Started by the Danes in the 1980s, co-housing
consists of small private residences, usually
for some 15-35 households, clustered around a
'common house' with shared amenities including
children's play areas, lounges, office space and
guest rooms. It emphasizes efficient use of land,
organic gardening, controlled waste and water
management and energy-saving measures.
photo: www.cohousing.ca/robertscreek
Mata de Sesimbra, Portugal
By 2014, 30,000 vacationers will be able to visit Mata
de Sesimbra, the world's first integrated sustainable
building, tourism, nature conservation and
reforestation programme. Carried out jointly by WWF,
BioRegional and Portuguese developer Pelicano,
it will span 5,300 hectares of land, 4,800 of them
devoted to natural reserves and forest and wetlands
restoration. It aims to provide high standard, low
impact One Planet Living - 100 per cent renewable
energy, locally sourced cuisine, cultural celebrations
and even a golf course fed by treated waste water.
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