Aric Gitomer Architect

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Energy efficiency manages and regulates our consumption of energy. For extra insulation, it’s always a smart idea to utilize a rug in the winter months. Utilize Smart Lighting. With smart heating technology, homeowners can regulate the temperature from a wi-fi-enabled device. Why is Home Energy Efficiency Crucial?

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Architizer

DECEMBER 16, 2024

It is essentially a smart weather system that reads the surrounding climatological conditions of temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction and regulates water pressure at a variety of zones. To achieve this effect, water is pumped from Lake Neuchatel, filtered, and shot as a fine mist through 35,000 high-pressure nozzles.

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A4 Architects

MARCH 5, 2025

Recently, one of our clients requested an upgrade to their power supply from the local electrical utility in order to install more sustainable heating and cooling for a building on their property. Current regulations often lack technological advancements, hindering the integration of new technologies and business models.

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Aric Gitomer Architect

OCTOBER 8, 2021

These are designed in a way that utilizes less space, but it could be achieved with different features. These toilets are ideal for washrooms with high ceilings but can also be utilized in low-ceiling washrooms with a shorter flush pipe. Urinals are sanitary plumbing fixtures that are utilized just for urination.

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Westeck News

JUNE 9, 2023

Ensuring utility demand-side measures are effective tools to meeting climate and energy goals. These changes aim to align the province’s utility DSM programs with the CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 , emphasizing electrification, affordability and market readiness for future efficiency standards. ’s net-zero targets by 2050.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 17, 2024

In the sun-baked regions of Morocco, earth-based construction techniques like rammed earth walls naturally regulate temperature, offering both sustainability and cultural authenticity. Architects working in unfamiliar locations must similarly become keen observers, immersing themselves in the local context to inform their designs.

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Deezen

APRIL 22, 2024

Of those chemicals, over 4,200 are hazardous, while only 980 are regulated and the vast majority of the other 11,000 or so are just not studied or regulated at all. One of the oldest human-manufactured products, let's utilize it like we were for millennia. Technology is great, don't get me wrong.

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Deezen

JUNE 5, 2024

OFIS Arhitekti has completed Villa Eternal Way in Slovenia "The area was at risk of flooding until recently, when regulation systems were built," the studio told Dezeen. Below, the home's partially sunken basement level contains utility spaces that lead through to a large, double-height dining room at the rear.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Working with a newly married couple, the firm has produced a sunny, arguably spacious, all-electric unit that touts smart design moves through a sea of regulations. There’s a whole other space, which is the benefit of being able to utilize the full 700 square feet," Darnstadt explains. The second-floor kitchen and living space.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 3, 2025

Breck identified regulations as the single biggest hurdle: “The single biggest hurdle to using something that wasn’t meant for buildings as buildings is going to be regulations… code and municipalities have something to say about it.” Understanding regulatory frameworks is crucial.

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Architecture Ideas

JULY 7, 2023

Rising fuel prices along with inflation have caused utilities to surge. In fact, we’ve got 10 must-know hacks to save money on utility bills this summer to prove that. #1. This is because dishwashers are limited by regulations as far as how much water can be used in a run.

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Architecture Ideas

MARCH 24, 2023

It is also among the easiest to utilize through home solar systems that convert solar energy into usable electric power. SHS utilizes solar panels that are placed on rooftops and positioned to receive the most sunlight. It also does not utilize a storage battery. Net metering is also state-regulated in some areas.

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Dwell

JULY 12, 2024

"The choice to utilize Hempcrete in the construction of this home brought a multitude of benefits.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Inspired by the vernacular architecture of the region, the designing team utilized a number of passive design strategies that helped regulate the indoor environment, with the use of courtyards, horizontal louvres, vegetation and the openings in the roof that allow sunlight in and help regulate the temperature.

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Architizer

MAY 22, 2024

But what about when the setting, the landscape onto and into which we build, is utilized as an integral part of the structure? Resting on a small hill in thick woodland, the design wraps itself around the foliage, and utilizes inclines to create living spaces on multiple levels. Appearances are deceiving.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2022

Its design was informed by local planning regulations that required different elevation heights on each boundary. Below this is the lower ground floor, which contains the home's bedrooms, and the basement level that comprises a garage, gym and utility room. The house is clad in acid-etched marble.

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Westeck News

JULY 12, 2024

Improved insulation, air sealing, and smart electricity grid integration contribute to lower utility bills and reduced demand for new electricity generation. Report recommendations Governments and utilities: Should provide incentives and concierge services and include resilience measures in codes and standards to support deep retrofits.

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Aric Gitomer Architect

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A landscape designer might suggest utilizing focal points, harmony, or symmetry through shrubs or decorative elements such as a fountain or birdbath. But you must ensure that you’re following the council regulations and have permits for all outer construction. Are you looking for more architectural features or plantations?

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Architizer

JUNE 5, 2024

Passive Design Principles Shapeshifter by OPA , Reno, Nevada Passive design principles lie at the core of desert architecture, and involve leveraging natural elements to regulate temperature and minimize energy consumption. This traditional material has been utilized for centuries across the southwest desert.

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Deezen

MARCH 10, 2024

Czech architecture studio Objektor has created a cemetery outside of Prague defined by a grid of low-rise concrete extrusions and a monolithic utility building. We proposed a scheme that naturally interacts with the site, using the concept of horizontality in proposed elements to make the existing chapel and mature trees stand out."

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Hotel Designs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

For the external wood of the furniture, either ash or utile is used, depending on the desired finish. Utile is the brand choice for mahogany and walnut finishes. Both can be replicated with various finishes on utile wood as it has a similar grain. All the timber used is kiln-dried, and the benefit is that a 4.5”

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The house was cold and draughty; in order to bring it up to current building regulations it was decided to replace both the porch and side extension," it added. The stone structure was originally built in 1875 As the client is a keen cook, the kitchen occupies the heart of the plan in Applecross Schoolhouse, alongside a living room.

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Aric Gitomer Architect

AUGUST 11, 2021

While appearance matter, so does utility and the service life. Hipped roofs are most found in bungalows but can be utilized in other architectural styles as well. Residential architects can alter and regulate the design of the gable roof according to the requirements. Each roof type serves different functions. Source: Houzz.

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Westeck News

OCTOBER 29, 2021

utilities, which, despite acknowledging climate targets, are still not aligning long-term resource plans with what energy-economy models show will be needed in a low-carbon economy. It is essential, too, that utilities invest only in infrastructure and programs compatible with a net-zero future. To ensure B.C.

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Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2024

"This summer, the Governor and the nonprofit Friends of + POOL plan to launch an approximate 2,000 square foot (185 square metres) version of the water-filtering swimming pool utilizing + POOL's design and technology," said the team in a statement.

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Santa Cruz Architect

MAY 4, 2024

Roughly 74% of HoHo Wien’s construction utilizes sustainably-sourced wood, primarily for walls, ceilings, and the interior support structure. HAUT, Amsterdam, Netherlands: HAUT utilizes pre-fabricated CLT panels for its load-bearing structure and timber planks for walls, floors, and ceilings. HoHo Wien, Vienna, Austria: This 275.6-foot

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The 215-square-foot addition utilizes the sustainable material as cladding that matches the neighborhood’s brick and as a non-toxic insulation. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Westeck News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Utility-funded programs have been effective in reducing emissions, but like so many aspects of our climate-change response, they need to go further, building on initiatives in CleanBC to support the deep reductions needed to meet our long-term targets.

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Architizer

JULY 30, 2024

This proliferation may be attributed to a building regulation law passed in 2012, allowing architects to build up to an additional 50% of the plot’s allowed square feet as long as the residence is partially under the earth.

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Santa Cruz Architect

JULY 16, 2023

Understanding Geothermal Heat Pumps Geothermal heat pumps, also known as ground-source heat pumps (GSHPs), utilize the constant temperature below the Earth’s surface to heat or cool buildings. Geothermal heat pumps tap into this renewable energy source, exchanging heat with the ground to regulate indoor temperatures efficiently.

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

Recycled timber clads the bathroom blocks Cast concrete provides flooring, intended to help regulate temperatures in the bedrooms. Located beside a beach, the house is only accessible by boat Electricity comes from photovoltaic panels, located in a separate utilities building that also houses the property's kitchen.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

When California began relaxing regulations surrounding accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in 2016 , James Connolly wanted to help lower the cost of living in the San Francisco Bay Area by adding housing stock. Do you know a prefab brand that should be on our radar? Get in touch! What does your base model cost and what does that pricing include?

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Architizer

AUGUST 25, 2023

It could be a win-win situation if not for the red-tape bureaucracy — local building and zoning regulations — and the technical difficulties, including structural, energy/mechanical, accessibility and fire safety upgrades, among other requirements. Zoning Regulations Image by Eloi Smith via Unsplash. Difficulties don’t end here.

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Dwell

APRIL 18, 2024

But that doesn’t mean that there are no regulations; it’s more that the square peg of a tiny house, whether it’s movable or not, has to be applied to the round hole of various regulations that often weren’t really designed for them. If it’s built to be compatible with manufactured home regulations, it’s a manufactured home.

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Westeck News

JANUARY 26, 2024

Content courtesy of PEMBINA institute Deep Retrofit Supply Chain Waiting For More Support Need to overcome low demand, lack of skilled labour, and lagging regulation. From that analysis, we developed four policy recommendations: Recommendation 1: Provide market certainty by implementing regulations that require deep building decarbonization.

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Architecture Ideas

MARCH 10, 2025

Sustainability, low maintenance, drainage, as well as building codes and regulations are all factors for rooftop decks. Utilizing porcelain pavers and pedestals to create floating deck ensures water is able to easily flow through the spacing between the pavers and not pool up on the surface.

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Architizer

JANUARY 17, 2024

The software uses site data such as topography, flood maps and building regulations as well as additional parameters set by architects, to generate layout options for a plethora of building typologies: multi-housing projects, retail stores, hotels, industrial sites and even parking lots. Learn more and review this tool > CONIX.AI

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