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Greenhouse is an eight-storey, mixed-use block of eco-flats in Beeston, Leeds. The building took its present form in 2010, after renovation of a 1938 development, Shaftesbury House . As Shaftesbury House, the building was noted for its technologically innovative, modernist housing of migrant workers.
The energy is the main criterion considered by any international building energy rating scheme but there are some other important factors such as production of greenhouse gases emission, indoor environment quality, cost efficiency and thermal comfort, which are considered by some schemes.
From 2008 to 2011, through design consultancy BrightFarm Systems, Caplow contributed to the design of a 10,000 sq ft. greenhouse built on top of the Forest Houses apartment complex in South Bronx, NY, [26] an in-store hydroponic greenhouse constructed at Whole Foods Market in Millburn, NJ, [27] and a rooftop greenhouse at P.S. 89 in Brooklyn, NY.
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One of the most successful voluntary initiatives introduced by the U.S. government, the program has saved 5 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity, more than US$500 billion in energy costs, and prevented 4 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. [9] Elements of the ENERGY STAR program are implemented in Canada, Japan, and Switzerland. [10]
The Green House Project is an American national non-profit organization dedicated to creating alternative living environments to traditional nursing home care facilities. ...
Amazon donated space in the greenhouse to the University of Washington's botany program during renovation of their Life Sciences Building in 2016. [11] Among the 40 to 50 trees in the spheres, [ 12 ] the largest is a 55-foot (17 m) Ficus rubiginosa tree, nicknamed "Rubi", which was lifted into the spheres by a crane in June 2017.