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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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EcoCalculator for Buildings from the Athena Instit

In North America, the ATHENA® Impact Estimator for buildings is the only software tool that evaluates whole buildings and assemblies based on ...more


Sundi (Germany)

Simulation program for irradiance calcs and shading analysis

- calculation and graphical presentation of sun orbit diagrams

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Pilkington Sun Angle Calculator

This handy tool provides a relatively simple method of determining solar geometry variables for architectural design, such as designing shading ...more


Solar Air Heater Software and Data

Software & Data
The RETScreen Software Solar Air Heating Model can be used worldwide to evaluate the energy production and savings, ...more


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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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