Implementing New Urbanism – Chapter One – Results of Land Use
Introduction
As a result of homogeneous suburban neighborhoods and highway commercial sprawl, a strong emphasis is being placed upon the design and form of our built environment. One of the driving influences is to design places for people instead of the car. Vast seas of asphalt in front of stores or a line of barren garage doors on a residential street is vehicle based design. Interesting streets designed for pedestrian comfort is today’s vision of placemaking. This article will first look at land use growth management, its beginnings and the resulting urban form. Then an alternative growth management technique using the form of development will be examined.
Chapter One; Results of Land Use
Green Home Design Software – A Look at Energy-10
Nowadays, everything seems to be turning greener and greener. That is, in an attempt to help save the environment, companies make all sorts of changes and go through different campaigns to make their environment-friendly efforts more noticeable. This of course, trickles down to their products. This concept also holds true in the world of home design software. There are currently a number of nature-oriented home design applications available in the market that is specially developed to create greener home designs. One such product is Energy-10.
What is Energy-10?
The Best of Green Home Designs
Green home designs use materials, furniture, and accessories that are environmentally friendly or reusable. This type of design uses long lasting materials as well as those that can be renewed. Green home designs focus on recycling material and making sure that material is non-toxic. Green home designs use very few items that are brand new. Green materials such as cork, bamboo and eucalyptus are primarily use today in home design because they are earth friendly. For example, the extraction of the cork does not destroy the tree. Being green means that you will salvage or restore items whenever possible.
There are so many options in today’s market for green flooring. These flooring materials can be sand down, painted, or refinished. All this can be done with using material that contains volatile organic compounds or VOC’s. The finishes and glue used for some floor installations can contain formaldehyde resins. It is important to use non-toxic materials with little to no VOC within the sealants, cleaners, finishes, adhesives, polishes, etc. As a result you will create a home that has less toxicity in the air and is healthier for the planet.