A sustainable architecture building has been designed by Comfort Architecten. It is a modern house for a family lives in Toblach, Italia. It is called Wohnhaus Planit C, this house is also completed with several sustainable features to maximize the energy efficiency. The beautiful view of surroundings becomes a good added value.
A beautiful and eco friendly design of home was made by Anastasia Architects, an architectural firm from Brazil. It is located in Nova Lima, Brazil, built in a sloped site. The design accommodated the principle of eco construction and powered by alternative energy. It was built based on 4 concepts : little interference in the site, better use of natural resources, integration to the surroundings, and a generous urban presence.
There are a lot of sustainable designs who concern about alternative energy, especially solar panel technology in this year Solar Decathlon. This one is different, the WaterShed House submitted by University of Maryland. This kind of sustainable architecture concerns in water conservation. With some eco friendly concepts included, the design wins Solar Decathlon 2011.
Unit 6 is a modular, prefab, sustainable home designed by Team Tidewater Virginia, which its members were taken from Old Dominion University and Hampton University. This eco construction was submitted for Solar Decathlon 2011. It is also a prototype to observe a multi-family residence and its system, including how to make it affordable, and sustainable.
This unique, sustainable, and modular house, called The Silo House was designed by Cornel University‘s team for 2009 Solar Decathlon. The design reminds us silo building of some industries.
This is a prefab shelter designed by Broadhurst Architects. The interest of choosing small, simple, sustainable shelter supports Broadhurst Architects to build a shelter, called the Crib. Some sustainable features are available.
This is PGA Prairie Hopper, a sustainable, portable, prefab education pavilion, designed by Anderson Anderson Architecture. Some green technologies are provided in this object.
Zeta Communities (Zero Energy Technology and Architecture Communities) had designed a sustainable prefab townhouse in Oakland. As a participant in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building America Research Program, ZETA is demonstrating an affordable solution to achieving net zero energy and LEED Platinum multifamily housing through advanced building energy systems and energy efficient technologies. (more…)
Another concept by Mario Cucinella Architects, it is a green prefab house, Casa 100k. The prefab house is designed to have low cost, zero CO2 emission, and low environmental impacts. It is designed on 100m2 site, and the cost is designed to be about €100,000.
