Crush - recycled glass by Fireclay Tile.com

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1. Fireclay to cake your walls with Crush recycled glass tiles

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   21 May 2011 – Fireclay Tile has an elaborate range, which includes Debris Series ... Glass Tile dubbed Crush derives its name from the fact that the company ...

2. Crush - 100% recycled glass tile from Fireclay Tile | Easier

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   3 days ago – Crush has captured the world of tile, sustainability, and interior design ... The name "Crush" stems from the fact that Fireclay sources the raw waste ... Natural Tile Company will be stocking Crush in 8 different colors in 3 sizes ...

3. Coverings 2012: Fireclay Tile - Events - Dwell

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   21 Apr 2012 – Artisanal tile company Fireclay was at Coverings for the first time this year and ... They launched a couple new lines, Crush (a tile made from 100% recycled ... in California, McNear Brick & Block, which has been in operation since 1868. ... Name Email (not displayed) Website (include http://) Comment ...

4. Fun-Eco Stories - Fireclay Tile

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   11 Jun 2012 – Fireclay Tile: Sustainable, decorative, handmade ceramic tile manufacturer .... We have everything from our Crush 100% Recycled Glass Tile, Debris ... The company produces some of the most technologically advanced paint .... 2) COOL ORDER SCREEN: After ordering, we saw our name show up on their ...

5. Debris Series - Fireclay Tile

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   1 Jun 2012 – She told me that she started her company as a small 10x10 store in the ... our Debris Series Recycled Tile and Crush 100% Recycled Glass tile in each of their locations. ... Fireclay Tile has been fortunate over the years to be specified in ... 
   
   

   

   Coverings 2012: Fireclay Tile

   Artisanal tile company Fireclay was at Coverings for the first time this year and exhibited their brand of glass and ceramic tile that's a treat to look at and boasts some mighty strong environmental creds. The company, based in San Jose, California, was founded in 1986 and churns out thousands of pieces of tile, which is all made in the United States. They launched a couple new lines, Crush (a tile made from 100% recycled glass) and the Runway Collection by Austin-based designer Kelly LaPlante, along with some tried and tested favorites.

   
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   Crush by Fireclay Tile is made from recycled glass and comes in 40 colors and 17 shapes.

   Crush is a new line of tile made from 100 percent recycled glass. They currently offer 40 different colors and 17 different shapes, but the 70s feel of these orange diamond-shaped tiles was what caught my eye.
   
   For their Glazed Thin Brick line, Fireclay partnered with one of the oldest brick makers in California, McNear Brick & Block, which has been in operation since 1868. The line is made from recycled earth and comes in nine colors. The company recently made this great video detailing the manufacturing process:

   
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   Fireclay Tile is excited to introduce Crush, our newest sustainable tile offering. Made from 100% locally sourced recycled glass, Crush is available in 40 colors in 17 different shapes and sizes. Crush redefines recycled glass tile

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Cob Construction & Plans

Cob construction and plans... after inspiration from Linda Blue:

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How to Build a Cob Microhouse

By John Comerford, eHow Contributor , last updated August 04, 2011 

 

You can save a lot of money by building a cob house, especially a small one, such as one of the modern micro-houses with less than 500 feet of floor space. Environmentalists prize cob house construction for its 100-percent recyclable materials. Builders form piles of cob balls from a mixture of clay, sand, straw and water. Often homeowners can harvest a portion of the inexpensive, nontoxic ingredients, such as dirt, from the surrounding construction site. By using nearby resources, the homeowners further reduce the cost necessary to complete the project. Does this Spark an idea?

Read more: How to Build a Cob Microhouse | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_10030748_build-cob-microhouse.html#ixzz1yaIdB2ko

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How to Make Cob Walkways

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How to Build a Cob Fence

 

Cob is built from clay, sand and straw.

Cob is an earthen building material. It closely resembles adobe and mudbrick. You can use cob to build ovens, homes and fences. Though working with cob is time consuming, a well built fence will last for decades. The cob-working process falls into three stages: laying a foundation, mixing the cob, and constructing the fence. Does this Spark an idea?

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I think I found it! We need to build a fence on part of my small building lots, and this is how we could get experience building with cob. Sounds great! Plus lots of other great ideas:

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How to Build a Cob Fence thumbnail Cob is built from clay, sand and straw.

Cob is an earthen building material. It closely resembles adobe and mudbrick. You can use cob to build ovens, homes and fences. Though working with cob is time consuming, a well built fence will last for decades. The cob-working process falls into three stages: laying a foundation, mixing the cob, and constructing the fence. Does this Spark an idea?

http://www.ehow.com/how_12151200_build-cob-fence.html

Milk Jug Raft

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Uploaded by jdrobinson13 on Aug 26, 2011

 

My friend and I worked at a restaurant all summer long and started saving milk jugs that we used there. Over the course of two months we had saved around 250 milk jugs. To make this raft we used 224 milk jugs, 1700 feet of duct tape, 4'x8' plywood, and 24' of 2x4. We ended up putting around 700 pounds on it and still floated fine.

Singapore’s Spectacular Solar Supertrees

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Singapore’s Spectacular Solar Supertrees Open this Month at the Gardens by the Bay!

by Leon Kaye, 06/11/12

filed under: News, Solar Power, Sustainable Building, Vertical Garden

  

We've showcased Singapore’s soaring solar Supertrees in the past, and now we're excited to announce that the massive towers are set to officially open at the Gardens by the Bay on June 29th! These amazing towers, which reach up to 164 feet (50 meters) in height, bring together the best of solar technology and vertical gardening. The Bay South Garden will showcase 18 Supertrees, which will also function as air ventilation ducts for nearby conservatories and collect rain water during Singapore’s frequent storms.

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The 54-hectare South Garden, over which the Supertrees tower, will also feature a bevy of educational programs as well as floral displays. Indoor and outdoor spaces will awe and amaze.

The 10 days of revelry celebrating the opening of Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay promise to be quite the event, with headliners including Jason Mraz performing on opening night. The Supertrees will also score plenty of jaw-dropping moments with Garden by the Bay’s plan to hold light and sound shows during the new grove’s opening week. The 54-hectare South Garden will also feature a bevy of educational programs as well as floral displays.

After five years in development, the gardens will showcase indoor and outdoor landscaping with a sustainable twist. The conservatories are designed to reduce energy consumption by an average of 30 percent and will also use waste from clippings as a source of biofuel. Water conservation features include the filtration of rainwater and other runoff, which Gardens by the Bay will then recycle and use to irrigate the complex.

The Supertrees, however, really steal the show. Tropical plants native to southeast Asia creep up these towers and add splashes of color and texture. The canopies above will feature solar photovoltaics that will contribute electricity for the entire complex. Providing shade during the day and multimedia at night, the Supertrees are one of the greatest innovations to hit this dynamic city-state since a bartender at the Raffles hotel invented the Singapore Sling.

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Solar Hot Water & Pool Heaters

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A bunch of interesting YouTube videos:

Homemade Solar Water Heater / Aquecedor Solar de Água Caseira

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOY49bH7Ocg&feature=related

swimming pool Heating

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcg6zxSO2Ys&feature=related

HOW I MADE A SOLAR POP CAN FURNACE / HEATER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLNViUsRCVU&feature=related

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:50 PM, Catherine S. Todd <ctodd1000@gmail.com> wrote:

More flat roof coiled black pipe pool heaters:

Girassol Solar - Institucional

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAEvqKuX2d0&feature=related

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Catherine S. Todd <ctodd1000@gmail.com> wrote:

and flat, like you have built:

Solar pool heater

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzJ-TvcaeR0&feature=related

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Catherine S. Todd <ctodd1000@gmail.com> wrote:

2nd video with insulation: 

DIY Solar Water Heater Innovation an emerging passion in green for 70$

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVjKnq4O7Pk&feature=channel&list=UL

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:41 PM, Catherine S. Todd <ctodd1000@gmail.com> wrote:

Here's the original video, and a comment that was interesting, talking about the angle of the black coiled water pipes, and shows insulation and more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LEJmLyuBAI&feature=related

" You said "I would have just laid the coils flat". That was your only comment before mine. If the coils were laid flat then you would in theory ONLY have approximately 2.5M of rise in the diagram at 5:15, if the coils are cone shaped as in the diagram you will have rise(and water flow) in the entire length of the pipe(33M?) plus the 2.5M of rise which will steadily flow water by itself on a sunny day if you could see into the tank. It's a great design A+"

I think the rise must be important. CT

Solar Bottle Bulb- cheap solar tube for chicken coop

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These are excellent improvements on the Solar Bottle Bulb from Liter of Light, using black flashing from Home Depot, roofing tar, duct tape over the cap, and a wire holding the bottle wrapped in aluminum foil as a reflector. Add a bit of bleach to the water to prevent algae from forming.

Can't wait to try it!

Why do we build?

For this!

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Plastic Bottle Construction: boats, houses, schools

My favorite bottle constructions;

can't wait to get started!

Search: Bottle School, Inhabit.com

Search: Bottle Boat 

Search: Bottle Wall

Search: Bottle Houses

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http://www.instructables.com/id/New-Innovation-in-Construction-using-Waste-Plastic/

Waste bottles for construction? Yes, it is difficult to think of a bottle as a brick.

But a mud-filled bottle is as strong as a brick and whatever you can do with a brick,

you can do with a bottle too..Plus it has got lots of advantages too...

This project was done as part of our college activity.The man behind this innovative idea is a german named Andreas Froese,who is also the founder of 'ECO-TEC' .

OFFICIAL WEBSITE : http://www.eco-tecnologia.com

How to Construct Houses with Plastic Bottles !!

More on Instructables:

http://www.instructables.com/id/New-Innovation-in-Construction-using-Waste-Plastic/#step1

Note that plastic bottles are excellent for curved walls, too!

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Feb 7, 2010.  ve_ness says:

IF your not a pro this won't come easy. Laying brick, er bottles, can't be learned over night. Well if you want a good end product that is. You'll need to layout the wall, consider reinforcing, then be able to lay the "corner lead" level, plumb, square (if called for), and in range. IF you can't do so within a certain tolerance you jeopardize the stability of the structure.  If you can, then bravo.

If your a novice the best thing to do would be to hire (or barter) the services of a bricklayer to lay the corners for you. The corners are built first and then the middle is filled in. If you want to play, jump in the middle of the wall where you can be "supervised" by the pros and really can't muck things up too much.
http://www.lets-do-diy.com/Projects-and-advice/Brickwork-and-masonry/Building-a-brick-wall.aspx

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Chinese Students created a Plastic Bottle Boat

By admin in Transport | September 21, 2010

Xia Yu, is a college student, he really believes in the concept of recycling, has built a functional boat out of 2,010 plastic bottles.

The 37-year-old boat builder gathered all the plastic bottles at a tea-house he manages in Xiangtan, central Hunan Province, China. Every time a customer left behind a plastic bottle, he just added it to his supply, until he got the number he needed to start construction on his boat.

 

http://www.chinafails.com/2010/09/chinese-students-created-the-plastic-bottle-boat/

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100% Solar-Powered Great Barrier House Fuses Modern Technology With Island Life

by Tafline Laylin, 06/07/12

filed under: Architecture, Daylighting, gallery, Renewable Energy, Solar Power, Sustainable Materials

The Great Barrier House is situated on a sensitive site in New Zealand 

Elevated to protect against floods and constructed of sustainably-sourced timber that references the island’s rich biodiversity, the Great Barrier House is comfortable in both summer and winter. Despite its open plan, low E glass ensures decent insulation even as the air temperature drops outside. To date the client has only needed to use their fireplace to generate ambience as they have felt warm enough.

The home is entirely powered by solar energy – as many as nine people have used their laptops and other electronics without having to fire up the backup generator and water comes out of the tap piping hot. Water conservation was taken very seriously in the design and all of the property’s irrigation systems “do clever things,” says the client.

For a peak at another exciting but wholesome house, check out Crosson, Clarke and Carnachan’s Whanapoua Sled House.

+ Crosson, Clarke and Carnachan
photography via Simon Devitt
Via Contemporist

Read more: http://inhabitat.com/solar-powered-great-barrier-house-fuses-modern-technology-and-island-life/great-barrier-house-crosson-clarke-carnachan-lead/?extend=1


100% Solar-Powered Great Barrier House Fuses Modern Technology With Island Life Great Barrier House by Crosson Clarke and Carnachan – Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 

Plastic Bottle Room Divider / Screen

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"Water Bottle Screen: Klein Dytham designed Danone Waters' office in Tokyo & used water as the theme. Thousands of empty plastic bottles were strung using wires extending from floor to ceiling arranged as dividing walls & it looks quite good."

http://www.crookedbrains.net/2010/10/creative-room-dividers.html

Where did they find/ make the perfectly complimentary lighting fixtures? This really makes it special. 

Klein Dytham

www.klein-dytham.com

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Firm of western architects in Minato-ku, Tokyo. Portfolio includes buildings, furniture, and interior design.

Madray Steel Houses

 Madray Steel.com 

Tel 863-314-8991, email: madraysteel@earthlink.net

http://www.madraysteel.com/EXAMPLES.htm  
 

Updated YouTube videos:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIwO5NMQ_pk

1100 sq. ft. house ready in ten working days. Incredible!

 

madraysteel1 uploaded

 

1. Hurricane Resistance : shows how steel is cut and how frame is quickly put up.

House can be put up in 14 minutes by six unskilled men and two instructors. Believe your eyes!

*** Excellent***  Uses Purlin Style Construction*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUj_8meoiVs 

madraysteel1 uploaded

 

2. Green Home 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX0Rt2Q11uQ 

madraysteel1 uploaded

3. Earthquake Resistance, tested in Peru:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mCqHf_klvM

4. Shelter / Work Shop 

  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mCqHf_klvM 
 

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1. Purlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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   In architecture or structural engineering or building, a purlin (or purline) is a ... In lightweight timber roof construction under purlins were used to support rafters ...

2. Purlin | DoItYourself.com

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   The use of purlins instead of closely-placed rafters is common in metal buildings and in wood-framed construction. Before there were trusses, purlins were used ...

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   Combination of Purlin and Truss style frame. This beautiful 3300 Sq Ft home was built in Okeechobee , Florida by Watt Construction. Main structure was erected ...

   Purlin Steel Construction- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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   In steel building construction, secondary members such as purlins (roof) and girts (wall) are frequently cold-formed steel C, Z or U sections, (or mill rolled) C ...