Luxury Meets Ecology in the Blue Ridge

Primland is a luxury wilderness and golf resort that features conservation, sustainability and a green-built lodge that sits on 12,000 acres of pristine forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwestern Virginia in Patrick County. A four-story attached "silo" mimics the vernacular farm architecture in the region, and contains an observatory on its top floor.  ©2013 Primland

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Primland Conservation a Priority (Virginia)

Where Luxury Meets Ecology: Over the past couple centuries in the secluded, forested and rugged hollows of the Blue Ridge Mountains in southern Virginia, moonshiners set up remote stills (distilleries) to brew illegal alcoholic beverages – away ...more

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AAMASKY Skylights and Daylighting (Fee-based)

Analysis of component and total heating, cooling, and lighting energy consumption attributable to skylights in commercial buildings, as well as ...more

Solar Radiation Data Manual for Buildings (USA)

Provides solar radiation and illuminance values for a horizontal window and four vertical windows (facing north, east, south, and west) for 239 ...more

Planning Tree Windbreaks (Missouri, USA)

Windbreak research has indicated that heat energy savings of up to 40 percent are possible when you use windbreaks. Most of these savings result ...more

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This tool calculates the solar heat gain through vertical windows in temperate latitudes. From Sustainable by Design
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Journal of Green Building

The purpose of the Journal of Green Building is to present the very best of practical applications (Part I) together with the very best of ...more

Greenroads Rating System

The Greenroads Rating System is a third-party, points-based system to certify sustainable roadway and transportation infrastructure projects. The ...more

State Solar Jobs Map (USA)

The Solar Foundation's interactive map shows solar jobs in the United States. Click on a state and a pop-up reveals number of jobs in that state, ...more

CHP Energy Solutions (USA)

CHP Energy Solutions provides training in state-of-the-art residential energy conservation techniques, home performance testing, ...more

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