The practice of living system design, a lecture by William Reed

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Roof gardens ao extremo

"Iceland is the most recently made country and has a great-and-abandonned tradition of turf building. Dwellings were built with stone foundations, birch frames and turf cladding for the roofs and walls. Interiors were probably damp but now that waterproof membranes are available they should go back to to cladding their buildings in turf. It would be good for insulation, sound-proofing, wildlife etc and could create jobs for an icy land now down on its uppers.
I expect the greatest difference between the cities of the 20th and 21st centuries to be the prevelance of a vegetative cladding on cities of the 21st century. Icelanders could export consultancy skills instead of cod – and we should all remember that this was the classic building technique in Neolithic Europe. "

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How can landscape planning help achieve LEED certification?

"How can landscape planning help achieve LEED certification?

When seeking LEED certification, owners or developers of commercial buildings often overlook landscaping. Yet incorporating best practices in environmental sustainability into a project's landscaping plan can easily add points to their score in LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design."

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