Blog entries tagged Design http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org Wed, 16 May 2012 21:56:55 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/the-build-well-forum/bruce-king/whats-the-big-deal-with-fly-ash <p><img style="margin: 5px 10px; float: left;" src="http://lanos.websitewelcome.com/~ebnetco/images/stories/flyash.jpg" />People often argue about fly ash, and why we should or shouldn’t use it in concrete and other building products. (More about what fly ash actually is follows below.) It’s a bit of a hot topic in green building, and made for a lively but truncated group discussion at the recent Build Well 2010 Symposium near San Francisco. For that alone it makes a worthy topic with which t... Bruce King Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:40:24 +0100 materials Design ash http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/the-build-well-forum/bruce-king/the-build-well-principles <p align="justify"><img style="margin: 10px; float: right;" src="http://lanos.websitewelcome.com/~ebnetco/images/birds.jpg" alt="" width="254" height="166" />Did you ever pause to watch a flock of blackbirds in flight? Their lovely swirling and shifting is endlessly fresh and new, a presentation that no human artist could ever match.&nbsp; Mathematicians figured out that they manage this by each bird following three simple rules of flight:</p><br/><br/>avoid crowding neighbors <br/>steer towards average... Bruce King Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:43:41 +0100 sustainable living Design