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Green Architecture and Renewable Energy


Google Bay View Water View

The water retention ponds not only collect water for reuse, but also provide nature restoration, sea level rise protection, and access to the beauty of natural wetlands. New willow groves along the stormwater ponds provide resources for wildlife.  ©2022 Iwan Baan




Google Campus Uses Solar Dragonscales

The Google Bay View campus officially opened in 2002. Bay View is an all-electric, active solar, net water positive campus with the largest geothermal installation in North America. It is also a human centered and sustainably designed workplace. It ...more


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EcoTect Design Tools (Fee-based)

ECOTECT is a complete building design and environmental analysis tool that covers the full range of simulation and analysis functions required to ...more


Energy-10 Energy Simulation Software (fee-based)

For purchase from SBIC online store. ENERGY-10™ software is a powerful design tool that analyzes and illustrates the energy and cost savings ...more


Energy Modeling Software Tools Directory (USA)

Many of these tools are free to use and help with thermal design, acoustics, heating, cooling, heat loss and gain, daylighting, shading, energy ...more


Sundi (Germany)

Simulation program for irradiance calcs and shading analysis

- calculation and graphical presentation of sun orbit diagrams

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Freelance Files: Eco-Muckrakers, Dig In

By Francesca Lyman - What’s your “origin story” as an environmental journalist? Mine was as a young newspaper reporter for The ...more


Heatherwick Studio (UK)

Based out of its combined workshop and design studio in Central London, Heatherwick Studio creates buildings, spaces, master-plans, objects and ...more


BIG Bjarke Ingels Group (Denmark)

BIG is a large, global architecture and engineering firm in Denmark that also create landscape, planning and product design. BIG was the principal ...more


SunStyle (Europe and USA)

SunStyle is a Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) roof. Installed with a single set of building materials, the structural roof and energy ...more


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