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Archive for March, 2010
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Four Products at GLOBE 2010 Innovating Ways to Build Greener
Posted on March 31, 2010 | 2 CommentsAs an owner/builder, I'm always on the lookout for new products that make a difference in how we build or use materials. Walking the tradeshow floor at Globe 2010, I found four products that caught my eye as we look toward the future of the built environment. -
Overhead and Underfoot: Building a green roof upside down.
Posted on March 27, 2010 | No CommentsIt is so large at six acres that you never feel as if you are on an actual roof, and therein is the real beauty of it. Now in its second year of growth, the illusion is so surreal in an urban environment that it’s easy to disregard what lies beneath the top layer. -
Globe 2010 foresees the future of a low carbon economy
Posted on March 25, 2010 | No CommentsEvery two years in Vancouver, B.C. a collection of delegates, speakers, innovators and mediators assemble to map the future of business and sustainability in a green world. The list of speakers ranges from academia, to corporate officers, government officials to researchers. This year’s theme is “Building a Global Low Carbon Economy.”