Bioclimatic Design: A Primer for Green Building is New Education Program on …

Oakland, CA (PRWEB) April 06, 2012 LearnVirtual announces new on-line training program on Bioclimatic Design: A Primer for Green Building. This six-part series starting May 9, at 12 pm Pacific, demonstrates ways to minimize future building energy consumption at the earliest phases of design without having to depend on pricey high efficiency HVAC renewable energy systems to minimize the loads.

Quakes commission turns to new building techniques

Published: 4:30PM Monday March 12, 2012 Source: ONE News A central Christchurch street after the February quake – Source: ONE News Related Scientists have been discussing future building technologies in a change of focus for the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission today.

'Utopian' floating city that shows promises of future life at sea

A British company has unveiled a graphic of a floating island that could be the future of life at the sea – Agencies A British company has unveiled a graphic of a floating island that could be the future of life at the sea.

Singapore lights the way for a greener future in building design and materials

Suntec Singapore is to host the Build Eco XPO, which brings together industry practitioners, professionals and key buyers across the regions to learn, network and do business with Southeast Asia’s developing economies.  There is wide-reaching agreement that future building design, architecture and the use of building products must become more ecologically sound, more innovative and more sustainable; BEX Asia 2011 offers attendees and exhibitors the chance to find new ways of achieving these green goals.

Bettina Korek: PLAN ForYourArt: July 14-20

Each week, ForYourArt highlights choose events to help you PLAN ForYourArt. SEE, KNOW, COLLECT, and ENJOY the ideal of Los Angeles art and culture. THURSDAY, JULY 14Little Tokyo Design WeekVarious Locations (Little Tokyo)July 14-July 17Little Tokyo Design Week: Future City (LTDW) celebrates the power and energy of slicing edge design and technology emerging from Japan and its intersection with current trends materializing in Los Angeles.

Quake impact on design to be outlined

Scientists and engineers will release on Wednesday details of what the earthquake damage to Christchurch buildings means for building future building designs. The information paper — jointly compiled by the national science academy, the Royal Society, the Institution of Professional Engineers (Ipenz), the Structural Engineering Society the Geotechnical Society and the Society for Earthquake Engineering — is expected to provide answers to critical questions about buildings and structures.

Manatee County tech students shine at national competition

DALLAS — Manatee County students at the National Technology Student Association conference had a day they’ll not soon forget Saturday. Students from Braden River, Lakewood Ranch, Southeast and Manatee high schools, and Nolan, Haile, Johnson, Braden River, Harllee and Sugg middle schools blew away the field at the conference’s annual competition with a combined 88 top 10s and nine team and individual first-place finishes.

Northrop Grumman Team Completes CANES Critical Design Review

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Designers Craft Depressive Robot Furniture

You always thought robots would enslave humanity, but it turns out that they just want to be loved. At least that is the sensation one gets from watching the Emoti-bots in action. Designed by design students Burcum Turkmen and Katie Koepfinger as “prototypical products for future homes that simulate and stimulate emotion,” the Emoti-bots are, in easy terms, furniture that reacts to human presence (or, more specifically, the lack thereof) with appropriate “emotions.” For example, taking a seat in the ...