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Material health: Metal fabric in healthcare design

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By Dale Payne Photos ©Moris Moreno Photography/courtesy GKD Metal Fabrics Pandemic-level illness, a nationwide mental health crisis, and healthcare worker burnout are fueling a reimagined future for America’s healthcare infrastructure. Why metal fabric? percent annually this year and next.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Adobe Homes.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Building with.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Affordable Eco.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.

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Are Adobe Houses Sustainable?

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This is sustainable because the materials have low embodied energy, are locally abundant, and can create energy-efficient buildings. In southwestern North America in the 17th century, slightly sloped flat roofs with parapet walls were customary, built using logs covered with twigs or fabric and then adobe mud.

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More Fun Bamboo Architecture

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17-metre trusses were fabricated on-site and lifted into position with a crane to create a sports hall for Thailand’s Panyaden International School on the outskirts of Chiang Mai. You can read the original article at www.dezeen.com. An open lattice structure eliminates the need for air conditioning.

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Angus-Palm Expansion In Florence, SC On The Way

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The Florence County Economic Development Partnership has announced that Pee Dee Commerce City-based Angus-Palm will expand its metal fabrication manufacturing facility. The company will employ fabricators, welders, painters, assemblers, material handlers and engineers. Posted by Heidi Schwartz. Buddy” Brand, II.