Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Planet Green has a new series called TOTAL WRECKLAMATION …..
When a home faces extinction, what happens to all of the materials that make up
that home? Enter Jodi Murphy – green entrepreneur, demolition auctioneer and
force of nature. Once a house is slated to come down or be gutted, Jodi makes
it her business – literally – to save as much of its contents and materials as
possible from ending up in the landfill. (more…)
Tags: accountability, antique dealer, appliances, auctioneer, banisters, bargain hunters, bathtubs, chandeliers, demolition debris, energy, fair game, flattery, floorboards, force of nature, goodness, green, ideas, landfill, recycle, recycling, ribbing, s, salvage, saving, savings, second life, shrubbery, solid waste, stone walkways, three daughters, walkways, waste
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
You’ve probably experienced the bouncing sensation when a car passes, as you
walk in a multistoried parking structure. Or the phenomenon of the floor
vibrating beneath your feet on the upper levels of a crowded mall during the
holidays. A mini earthquake from thousands of feet traversing the walkways.
Structures are designed to accommodate this motion, which structural engineers
call “dynamic load”. (more…)
Tags: architectural firm, car, dynamic load, earthquake, electric, electrical, electricity, electrics, energy, engineers, estimates, floors, footstep, footsteps, generators, green, har, harnessing energy, high rise building, hundreds of thousands, ingenious women, lights, london subway, natural, nature, parking structure, phenomenon, power, revolving doors, sensation, staircase, structural engineers, vibration, walkways, watts
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