Tuesday, 15 June 2010 00:00

Green building & energy links, June 15

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Sorry for the lack of blog updates last week - I had some trouble with our blog software and a blog post I published seemingly disappered. Anyway, here's a quick round up of recent links to get things kick-started again, mostly courtesy of Inhabitat and Treehugger.

Database will detail money saved from green retrofits in New York: Inhabitat

World's fastest train rolls off production line: Inhabitat

Work starts on UK's largest prefabricated straw bale building: Inhabitat

Can we use biomimicry to design cities? Treehugger

Toyota working on electric vehicle with Tesla: Inhabitat

University of Nottingham unveils solar-powered house: Inhabitat

A profile of Finland's entry into Solar Decathlon Europe: GreenBuildingAdvisor.com (Construct Ireland previously profiled the US Solar Decathlon here)

Green roofs now mandatory in Copenhagen: Treehugger


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Lenny Antonelli

Lenny Antonelli is deputy editor of Passive House Plus. He also writes regularly for the Irish Times, and has contributed to a variety of other publications including the Sunday Times, the CS Monitor, Village, the Sunday Tribune amd the Dubliner. He is currently working on a radio documentary on Ireland's oceans. 

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