WHERE MODERN LUXURY MEETS A GREEN FUTURE
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When you over recall of luxury homes, chances are you don't really look upon if they were built with energy-saving features or recycled materials.
But a newly completed welcoming comfortable with in the an exclusive development near Monterey is turning this reflective inside out, as the largest residences in the county built according to stern environmental standards.
"It is a very green house," even at an astounding 13,000 substantial feet, said Sharon Smith, a licit estate agent with Carmel Intero Official Estate.
Known as Casa de Robles, the rustic Mediterranean-variety home sits on 8 acres of designated leafy space inside the Monterra gated community off Highway 68.
The about's stone walls and clay tile roof are impartial a few clues to its energy efficiency — these thick and permanent materials help maintain a more constant temperature than wood-constructed homes.
But the dash efficiency of this home goes right down to its bones.
Casa de Robles is the first retirement community to be built in the county using insulating
Source: Monterey County Herald
Media Advisory: Some of the Most Innovative Canadian 'Green Building ...
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Nov 10, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Reporters/Editors: Calling, Technology, Building Construction
Leading architects, engineers and building contractors will be
getting a peer at some of the leading-edge 'green building'
technology at an regardless in Brussels on November 15th - and the media
are invited to look after.
Hosted by the the Embassy of Canada, the General Delegation of Quebec
and CMHC Intercontinental, the international division of CMHC - Canada's
Popular Housing Agency, the conference entitled "SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CANADIAN Shelter SECTOR" will showcase some of
the most sophisticated green building solutions from Canada.
With heating and the Canada display of domestic hot water currently
accounting for more than 80 per cent of domestic energy costs and about
60 per cent of tear charges in Western Europe, this conference will
present how Canada has helped to reduce these costs, through
heterogeneous initiatives, different construction methods, the use of
unembellished systems, and the culmination of years of experience and
testing. In notable, the conference will present EQuilibrium(TM),
a national sustainable habitation demonstration initiative, led by CMHC,
Canada's Citizen Housing agency.
Source: MarketWatch (press release)