An ecological house conserves or deposits more resources than it consumes, these being then reused in the surrounding environment. At the opposite pole, the standard house consumes more energy and is less resistant to earthquakes.
The first designer and architect to come up with details regarding what an ecological house stands for was Philip Wenz, founder and director of the ecological design program, within the San Francisco Architecture Institute. In his article called “Your Ecological House”, published in San Francisco Chronicle during the summer of 2007, Wenz stated that an eco house is modeled according to a natural ecosystem’s cycle, so that such a construction fits in the environment, without causing damages.
Compared to the ecological houses, standard houses work as a resource vacuum. These are degraded until the point where they become useless, debris being returned in the environment, most of the times under the shape of toxic residue.
08/04/2010 March has brought an unexpected increase in the level of average prices for old properties in the Capital City, and also in other large cities, according the the monitoring reports of one of the most important websites that specialize in this profile. Though statistically real, acoording to real-estate analysts, this increase has no relevance.
07/04/2010 The world’s tallest building, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, has been re-opened for the public after 2 months since several visitors were jammed in the elevator at floor #124.
01/04/2010 An ecological house conserves or deposits more resources than it consumes, these being then reused in the surrounding environment. At the opposite pole, the standard house consumes more energy and is less resistant to earthquakes.
