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Is tiny-house movement an over-reaction to mini-mansionism?

2011-01-06T19:44:00Z

We're starting to see-what may be an over-reaction to downsizing. I mean- can one really live in 200 sq. ft. or less. The reality-check answer is of course "No." So why then, the so-romantic embrace of this movement? And then to say that it is "Green" just because there's a mass reduction? What do you think? http://blog.leapadaptive.com/

What's all the hype with the living cargo containers?

2010-12-31T16:25:00Z

So- a 40-foot long cargo container weighs about 4.5 tons unloaded. It's difficult and expensive to relocate, requiring things like a crane, a smoking diesel-semi, and hundreds of gallons of fossil based fuel. Once it is converted to a living unit, it's very difficult to convert back to it's original more logical purpose. Is this True-Green or is this just more Green-Tagging? http://blog.leapadaptive.com/

Green design starts with baseline efficiencies.

2010-12-31T01:16:00Z

When venturing into the ever-dense forest of Green Building, it is easy to get caught up in all of the new technology which sometimes overshadows fundamentals. Green starts with efficiency at the most molecular of levels, that being the intellect. When design is founded on the highest efficiency of the smallest component in the creative endeavor-all to follow will have a marked path of sorts, serving as an efficiency template. http://blog.leapadaptive.com/