#Recycled Roofing Materials

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Eco-Friendly Roof Repair Solutions and Materials

As environmental awareness grows, many homeowners are seeking ways to make their homes more sustainable, including through roof repair in Weston and maintenance. Eco-friendly roof repair in Weston solutions and materials not only contribute to environmental conservation but also enhance energy efficiency and reduce long-term costs. Here’s a guide to eco-friendly roofing options and practices to consider for your next roof repair or replacement.

Recycled and Reclaimed Roofing Materials

One of the most sustainable choices for roofing is using recycled or reclaimed materials. These materials help reduce waste and minimize the need for new resources. For example:

Recycled Shingles: Made from recycled asphalt shingles, these products offer similar performance to new shingles but with a reduced environmental impact.

Reclaimed Wood: Wood from old barns or factories can be repurposed for roofing, providing a unique aesthetic while keeping materials out of landfills.

Cool Roofs

Cool roofs are designed to reflect more sunlight and absorb less heat than traditional roofs, helping to reduce the heat island effect and lower energy consumption. Key features include:

Reflective Coatings: Applied to existing roofs, these coatings reflect sunlight and reduce heat absorption, leading to cooler indoor temperatures and lower air conditioning costs.

Cool Roof Materials: Roofing materials with high solar reflectance, such as reflective metal or special coatings, can keep your home cooler and reduce energy use.

Green Roofing Systems

Green or living roofs involve installing a layer of vegetation on top of the roof. They offer numerous benefits, including:

Insulation: Green roofs provide natural insulation, reducing the need for heating and cooling.

Stormwater Management: Vegetation absorbs rainwater, which helps manage stormwater runoff and reduces the risk of flooding.

Air Quality Improvement: Plants filter pollutants and carbon dioxide, improving air quality around your home.

Sustainable Roofing Materials

Several roofing materials are inherently eco-friendly due to their sustainability and performance:

Metal Roofing: Often made from recycled materials, metal roofing is durable, recyclable, and reflects solar heat.

Clay or Concrete Tiles: These materials are long-lasting, energy-efficient, and can be recycled at the end of their life cycle.

Rubber Roofing: Made from recycled tires, rubber roofing is durable, weather-resistant, and environmentally friendly.

Energy-Efficient Insulation

Proper insulation is crucial for maintaining a roof’s energy efficiency. Eco-friendly insulation options include:

Cellulose Insulation: Made from recycled paper products, cellulose insulation offers excellent thermal performance and is biodegradable.

Spray Foam Insulation: Made from renewable resources, spray foam provides a high R-value and helps seal gaps and cracks, improving energy efficiency.

Low-VOC and Non-Toxic Products

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) can be harmful to indoor air quality. When repairing or installing a roof, choose low-VOC or non-toxic products:

Low-VOC Sealants and Adhesives: These products minimize harmful emissions and improve indoor air quality.

Non-Toxic Roof Coatings: Opt for coatings that are free of hazardous chemicals to ensure a safer environment for you and your family.

Sustainable Roof Repair Practices

In addition to choosing eco-friendly materials, adopting sustainable repair practices can further reduce environmental impact:

Minimize Waste: Plan repairs carefully to avoid unnecessary material waste. Recycle old materials whenever possible.

Energy-Efficient Tools: Use energy-efficient tools and equipment to reduce energy consumption during repairs.

Eco-friendly roof repair solutions and materials offer a sustainable approach to maintaining and upgrading your roof. Choosing eco-friendly options not only benefits the planet but also improves the efficiency and comfort of your home.

[arc-hus]

Floating Bamboo House, Hồng Thái, Vietnam - H&P Architects

[raffaellopalandri]

Dream Home - Part 2

Today I want to continue the description of the ideal home my partner and I envision. I copy here again what I said about it in the first part of this post, here. In that first part, I shared with you our idea for the home itself, while today I am going to speak about its sustainability, a topic that deeply resonates with us. Photo by Emre Can Acer on Pexels.com Part 1 – The House Here is a…

[storyarcade]

Transitional Exterior in Philadelphia Large transitional two-story stone gable roof photo

[reasonsforhope]

"At the University of Maine, one of the world’s largest 3D printers is using sawdust from the state’s lumber industry to 3D print cozy wooden cabins.

It’s part of a move towards making 3D printing faster and more sustainable in a state where the housing shortage that has metastasized in most states around the country is dire.

It’s thought that 80,000 new homes will be needed over the next 5 years to keep pace with demand, and though it takes years for building codes to be changed, the technicians at the Advanced Structures & Composites Center (ASCC) at the Univ. of Maine hope their new toy can help address this need.

Guinness World Records certified the machine at ASCC as the world’s largest prototype polymer 3D printer, capable of creating a 600 square foot house 96 feet in length, 36 feet in width, and 18 feet tall entirely out of bio-based material at a rate of 500 pounds per hour.

In 2022, it could print the walls, floors, and roof of the house in just 96 hours, but the ACSS has been refining the design with the hope of doubling the printing speed and getting it down to a 48-hour timeline.

“When they’re doing concrete, they’re only printing the walls,” Habib Dagher, the executive director of ACSS told CNN. “The approach we’ve taken is quite different from what you’ve seen, and you’ve been reading about for years.”

Indeed, GNN has reported on a fair number of 3D printing projects, but most if not all involve printing only the walls. One fantastical exception is an Italian firm that is 3D-printing domed, beehive-like, modular concept homes inspired by the Great Enclosure in Zimbabwe.

STAND-OUT 3D-PRINTING PROJECTS: 

First 2-Story Home to be 3D Printed in the U.S. Reaches for the Sky in Texas 

The World’s Largest 3D Printed Building is a Horse Barn That Can Endure Florida Hurricanes

This 23-Year-Old Founder is 3D Printing Schools in Madagascar Aiming to be a ‘Stepping Stone’ for the Community

A Startup Is Using Recycled Plastic to 3D Print Tiny $25,000 Prefabricated Homes in LA

The ASCC is calling the house design the BioHome3D, and says it’s rare people who tour the concept version don’t ask when they “can have one up?”

The interior gives the feel of a modern Scandinavian wooden cabin, making it fit well with the Maine aesthetic. The ASCC is now doing work on how to incorporate conduits for wiring and plumbing “exactly where an architect would want them,” says Dagher.

WATCH a time-lapse video of the printer doing the job…

-via Good News Network, August 16, 2024. Video via The University of Maine, March 3, 2023.

[dilemmaontwolegs]

Bee Stings and Butterfly Kisses || SV5

Pairing: Sebastian Vettel x wife!reader Summary: Your husband takes nesting to a whole new level with the paradise he’s found to start his family. Warnings: established relationship, pregnant!reader, fluffiness WC: 1.4k

The property Sebastian had chosen to raise his children upon was everything you could have dreamt of and more. There were rolling meadows full of fragrant flowers, forests of conifers and evergreens, and even a lake with an abundance of trout. The house he had designed was built using recycled material and was sustainable to run with the dozens of solar panels on the roof. He had truly future proofed everything to live a life as environmentally friendly as possible.

“Did you know honey is the only food that doesn’t spoil if you store it properly?” Sebastian barely looked up from the old set of drawers he was upcycling into an apiary. “There were pots of honey found in ancient tombs in Egypt, around 3000 years old.”

“I still don't see why we need bees at our home.”

“Because, my love,” he said as he placed his hammer down and pulled you into his arms, “this is our future we are building. Without bees there’s no pollination, with no pollination there’s no flowers, or fruit and vegetables.” His hand splayed across your swollen belly, feeling his son’s kicks against his palm with a smile. “It’s our responsibility to protect our future.”

The outdoor sofa where you were reading was a current favourite place of yours. It was tranquil and warm and allowed you to get off your feet for a little bit while your husband pottered around in the garden. With only a few weeks to your due date everything ached from your neck to your ankles so you kicked your feet up and listened to the birdsong.

The hiss of pain was one you had come to know well recently and it only took a minute for Seb to appear at the edge of the garden, the metal gate squeaking on its rusted hinge. He cupped one hand over his cheek, one eye closed with a wince as he ascended the stairs to the deck.

“You wouldn’t get stung if you used the smoke, love,” you softly reminded him as he took a seat and pulled his hand away. “Oh dear, that’s a big one.”

“We don’t know the long term effect the smoke has on them, it could be poisoning them,” he said as he turned his head so you could use your nails to pull the stinger out without squeezing more toxin into his cheek. “They will recognise me soon and realise I’m not going to hurt them.”

“If you say so.” You loved your husband but you weren’t so sold on the trust building exercise he found himself in. More often than not after going to check the beehive you found yourself in this position, grateful he wasn’t allergic. “How is your queen doing?”

His lips pulled up into a smile and he sat down on the edge of the seat, pulling your feet onto his lap and massaging your swollen ankles. “You tell me, my sweet, how are you doing?”

Emotions swelled in your chest and you cursed as he laughed, leaning closer to wipe away the tear that escaped. “Damn these hormones. You should really stop being so nice so my poor tear ducts can have a break. Can’t you just be a jerk?” His laugh grew and with it the kicks increased. “Yes, yes, daddy’s laughing at me.”

“I would never laugh at your mother,” he chuckled, lifting your shirt to press his lips to your belly. Stretch marks littered the skin and you dared not to think about the other changes that you couldn’t see below the swell, but he still made you feel beautiful. “Everything she is going through is my fault.”

“That’s right,” you agreed with a smile. “Daddy spent a lot of time romancing and seducing me, and now here you are.”

Seb looked up, his long hair hanging in naturally soft waves around his face. “How could I not? You were the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. I could hardly concentrate on the race after seeing you.”

“It couldn't have affected you too much,” you said as you tucked his hair behind his ear, “you still won.”

“I had to make a good impression somehow, since I could barely speak a word when we were introduced,” he admitted as he looked out over the garden he tendered.

You followed his gaze knowing he was going to be a great father considering the care he gave to the garden, and you. “It was your eyes I fell for anyway, they looked sweet and kind.”

The rows of plants were just flowering and you traced them to see the little bursts of yellows that all too soon would become bright red ripe tomatoes. Next were the beans, too many varieties to count, all climbing the trellis Seb had made from the wood of fallen trees in the forest. Further beyond were your favourites, the bushes that were brimming with berries of every flavour. Each morning you would amble your way to them with Seb and a bowl, pointing out the juiciest looking berries for him to pick for your smoothie.

Patting his good cheek, you shuffled to sit up and swing your legs off the couch.

“Where are you going?”

With a groan you pulled yourself to your feet and rubbed the straining skin at your sides. “To get some ice to stop that swelling,” you said as you pointed to his face. “You need to be able to see properly if you are thinking about getting back in a race car this weekend.”

“I can get it, you rest.” He followed you into the house even after catching the roll of your eyes and watched you struggle to bend down to reach the ice tray at the bottom of the freezer. Unable to stop himself, his hands caught your waist and straightened you up before he grabbed the tray. “I don’t want you hurting yourself,” he said with a kiss to your temple.

“I said the same thing, but you still went and got stung.”

“But that’s because I have you to kiss me better.”

You smiled at the softness in his tone and gave him the gentlest of kisses to his swollen cheek, barely the touch of a butterfly's wing. “There, is that better?”

“Yes, I don’t even need this anymore,” he said as he turned to put the tray away until you stopped him with an amused look.

“Nurburgring,” you reminded him, grabbing a tea towel to wrap the ice cubes in.

He had been excited since he got the call from Christian Horner to drive the historic track, and in a car modified to run on eco-friendly fuel no less. He was not going to do anything to miss the opportunity to return to the racetrack, even though he enjoyed retirement and the quiet life he had built in the rural settlement. So, he quietly accepted the ice pack and carefully pressed it to his cheek.

“It’s a dangerous track, Seb,” you murmured as you took over holding it, cradling his other cheek with your palm. “Please be safe and come home in one piece.”

His hands came to rest on your stomach, nearly covering it all as he splayed his fingers apart. “Of course, my love. And you need to stay in one piece until I get home.”

You giggled and felt the strong kick responding to his voice. “I have a feeling your son will take his time. Would you resort to one of those dreadful planes if he decides to come early?”

His lips twitched in amusement, used to your jibing over the consciousness of his carbon footprint. “I could probably drive home faster, with a few speeding tickets along the way, but I might be able to lower myself to boarding a plane for him.”

“Ah, that’s a father’s love,” you giggled. “He doesn’t even know what a sacrifice that would be.”

Sebastian lowered the ice pack so he could dip his head and kiss you. “There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for the two of you.”

“Except get rid of the bees.”

His lips curled against yours in a smile you felt. “Except that.”

[hometoursandotherstuff]

It's been a long time since I found a home made of recycled material and this one is exceptional. You gotta see this ecologically friendly, unique home, known as The Treehouse. Built in 1943 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, it has 3bds, 2ba, and is only $299,900.

If you've never seen one before, an upcycled home made of architectural salvage and recycled material is an interesting mix of various unique salvaged elements.

What an appropriate sign- "Humble." It's just a house made of humble inexpensive or free discarded and reused material. Note the 3 different colored glass windows. I bet they have some interesting stories.

The fireplace could be made from leftover bricks.

On the other side is the kitchen with an island made of window panes, and miscellaneous wood, plus a counter. You have to be creative to put all the pieces together to make a home like this.

Oh, I like the red cabinets on the right.

The cooktop is in the island and it looks like pieces of quartz or marble. Note the interesting cabinets and shelves. The ceiling has a delightful configuration.

They've got a water dispenser next to the fridge. I love houses like this.

Looking from the kitchen to the dining area. Wow, they even scored a double red sink. Note the cabinet that the cook top is in- things don't have to match.

The kitchen is large and has a nice leaded glass window and tile on the floor. Closeup of the counter shows how it's pieced together.

I love the pitched ceiling and windows.

This room appears to be a home office with a built-in counter.

One of the bedrooms has some mirrored doors on the closet.

Bath #1 has some lovely tile and a bowl sink.

Even the recycled cabinets match the color scheme.

This looks like a large primary bedroom.

It has a matching en-suite.

2nd story roof top deck that makes this home really look like a treehouse.

Even the exterior of these homes are made of salvaged material.

On the lower level there's a covered deck.

A cute wood burning heat stove in the corner.

Love the windows- one looks like a mushroom.

The house is on a 9,147 sq.ft. lot.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/94-Outer-Dr-Oak-Ridge-TN-37830/66905561_zpid/?

[bomberqueen17]

deep in the obsession

ok so IDK how much I've talked about my Special Interest in the Bronze Age on here. At one point (like nanowrimo of 2003 or so) I was trying to write a novel set in the British Isles Bronze Age and I researched as much as I could and there just wasn't much information and I wrote some stuff anyway but it petered out. And ever since then I've kept checking back on various avenues of research and every time there's a new find I'd read as much as I could find about it. And then they discovered the remains of a pile-dwelling settlement in the Fens in England and they've finally just now published the results of that? Well of course I've been obsessively reading about it. (I had actually emailed the Cambridge Archaeology Unit a couple of months ago to ask where I could find the publications, so the timing was good.)

I mean the long and short of it is, they've got a site exposed by modern quarrying activity, which consists of five remaining buildings, which burned down and collapsed into the river channel with all their contents in the 9th century BC; the inhabitants escaped with very few of their possessions, and the rest of the assembly of the items they used in their daily lives are largely present, very well-preserved; whole sets of pots and woodworking tools, as well as textiles and textile-processing materials, foodstuffs, wooden tools, and enough building materials to almost entirely reconstruct their dwellings; a enormous wealth of information about their diets, their ways of living, even some feel for their aesthetic sensibilities. The circumstances of the buildings' collapse even means we know how they laid out their living spaces.

So I am going to infodump about what I've pulled out of these rather dense and dry reports (I have zero complaints, they're perfectly appropriately-written), so buckle up.

Firstly, if you want to read these yourself, the publications are open access PDFs hosted on the Cambridge Archaeology Unit's website here.

There are also a fantastic series of blog posts both from during the excavation and from during the initial analytical "post-ex" phase on the site's website, which I devoured while waiting for the final reports.

I admit I was first drawn to the whole thing, when I first saw stories about it, because of the mystery. It seems to have been a whole settlement, a village maybe, and it all burned down at once, and no humans seem to have died in it, but everyone left everything behind, even leaving a dog in one of the buildings, and some penned little lambs in a couple of them-- what caused this? Were they attacked? Were they forced out of it? It had a palisade around it as if for defense, did they build it because they were afraid, and rightfully so?? Why did they not come back to try to salvage anything? The water would have been shallow, surely they could at least get their axe-heads and things back.

But the thing that has sustained my interest now is that it appears to have been an unexceptional village after all. There's no evidence that these were elite people living here. There weren't any unambiguous weapons found-- part of a broken sword, in what was obviously a recycle bin (a wooden bucket), waiting along with some broken chisels and a bent axe and part of a broken bronze bucket for a trip back to the nearest metalworker. Some spears, but likely used for hunting, stored outside the houses all together leaned up against the palisade under an overhanging roof eave. Axes, but the sheer quantity of woodworking in the site means they were very obviously woodworking tools, and weapons only by technicality.

Other contemporaneous sites are preserved so incompletely that there are always "was this a place people dwelled or was it a ceremonial gathering place" kinds of questions. Artifacts are found either discarded in middens, broken, or deposited in hoards, "ceremonially?". But all this stuff is in-context, in the house, which burned down and collapsed straight down. This was the kitchen area, obviously; all the houses had most of their pots in the same approximate spot, caches of grain in the same area. This corner is where we find stuff they were working on-- one house has probably a loom, and tons of textile-related stuff scattered around it. (There's only evidence for a loom in one or maybe two of the buildings, but there are spindle whorls and bobbins of thread in three; several spinners providing one weaver, as is common throughout history.)

Some of the pots had been broken before the fire, and some of them had been partially discarded and partially kept, like for example a well-shaped broken bit of rim was being used as a scoop or something, while the little unusable shards had gotten chucked into the river where they threw their trash; the archaeologists could reunite fragments to prove this, and could derive the information that these shards would all be associated with the same house; they weren't shared, they were using the broken pot in the same house where they'd used it before it was broken; they seem to have cooked their meals separately, and kept separate inventory of basic household necessities. But the extra stuff seems to have been stored in the communal storage shed, so they could all get to it.

There's a large but incomplete sheet of bark that in places has a second sheet adhered to it with moss in between, which was likely bedding.

There are textiles, not just woven ones but also weft-twined ones made from lime bast cord-- mats, or hats, or capes. There's a knotted fishing net that was rolled up and in a pile with other things in an area that seems to have been a storage shed of sorts. (Near the "recycle bin" full of broken metal.) There's a collection of prepared fiber, ready to be made into cordage or spun into thread, and it's all prepared the same way in standard-sized bundles-- tantalizingly, regular enough as if for trade, stored in that storage shed next to a nested set of new pots-- like somebody had bought or made them and they weren't put to use yet, OR someone had made extra they intended to trade offsite for stuff they couldn't make themselves.

The whole sets of pots are broadly the same among households-- similar numbers of large vs. small, coarse vs. fine. They all resemble one another, though some are better-made than others-- as if several people made them, but under the guidance of one experienced worker.

Several pots and wooden containers have food residues. Hauntingly, there's a ceramic pot that was still half-full of porridge, with a wooden spatula/spoon still stuck in it. The porridge was made of ground wheat cooked in a liquid containing animal fats from a ruminant-- either sheep/goat or red deer-- possibly an early example of frumenty.

Enough of the structural timbers remain from the buildings, many with markings on them from where other structural elements were touching them and alternately exposed/protected them from fire so it is possible to reconstruct shapes and connections in more detail than if they were unburnt ruins, that the buildings can be nearly completely reconstructed, which is novel because most buildings of this era are known only from footprints/post holes. Almost no material survived from the walls, but because of these ghost "protection marks" it's possible to know that the walls existed, how wide they were, that they were attached in a particular spot, that they were made of a series of small uprights-- and to then surmise that some of the fragments of "wattle", woven panels, must have come from the walls in some cases. And it's possible to reconstruct the innovative, never-elsewhere-seen sprung floor system of bowed joists that kept the floors securely above the water below.

Anyway, I've devoured Vol I and am most of the way through scouring Vol II for interesting tidbits.

Yes of course I want to write a novel with this as the setting but I also am just completely fascinated.

[simspaghetti]

And here's the floorplan :)

The house also has 6 solar panels installed on the roof and it's very own electricty generator - it’s also made of 100% recycled materials!

This house is now up for download here!

There's still quite a bit of work to be done with furnishing the house, but there's only so much I can do with the funds Amy and Do have lol - My next job is working on Amy's design studio up in the attic and furnishing the roof decks a little bit more!

Oh also just to say that I didn't make the shell I don't take credit for that! It's a makeover of 'Ancient Modernity' which is an EA premade build in Twinbrook :)

[bumblebeeappletree]

Hannah visits a tiny yard in Melbourne’s inner-city that is bursting with ideas and productive plants.

Hannah's in Melbourne to visit an inner-city patch that's small on space but big on plants and style. Garden owners, Judy and Andreas Sederof, have transformed a challenging block into a productive patch that is filled with color year-round. Situated in Brunswick east near the Merri Creek, it's filled to the brim with plants and ideas in every inch of this 66sqm garden. Judy describes it as “pretty eclectic, pretty crazy... I just collect plants. I'll see a plant and I’ll love it.” The site has been designed with the house built on the back boundary to leave a bigger space for a garden out the front. The diversity of the garden highlights different types of plants, which take advantage of the various soil profiles. Judy says, “we have quite deep, productive soil here which was nurtured, adding compost and mulch, but it really was pretty good to begin with. Whereas this side of the garden is really all on rock, so it had to be built above the ground.” There’s a lot of colour in this garden and Judy says this is due to her background in design and interiors, “I just love color and I'm always changing the color pallets and getting it to work together.”

Judy and Andreas have been designing sustainable houses for 30 years and built their own with the aim of being light on the land. Andreas says, “the four critical elements are glass, mass, insulation and most importantly orientation. We chose this block because the house faces north which is the optimum angle for sustainable building design, often called passive design.” In this home, the ceiling has 2-feet of insulation which Andreas calls “super-insulation” as it’s double the standardised requirements. “Everything in here is double or triple glazed... and to get this house to 9.5 stars, we had to provide way more concrete or brickwork than this house was planned for,” says Andreas. The sustainable principles that underpin the house can also be found in the garden. Timber used in the wicking beds is Cypress macrocarpa, which is known to be a sustainable timber, and “things like not having any hard surfaces so that the land absorbs the moisture, and it doesn't heat up the building,” says Judy. Pipes direct grey water from the shower to the garden, as well as “two squat rainwater tanks underneath the deck here that are connected to a pump; they collect rainwater from the roof. We use that a lot in summer,” says Judy.

With no bare ground in the planting style, Judy says, “one of the things is to plant heavily so it keeps weeds down. They also provide quite a lot more moisture to the site, so I mulch, but I don't have to weed very often.” Much of the garden is edible, including flowers like nasturtium, marigold and viola. Judy says, “In summer I can grow some of the bigger vegies like eggplants and tomatoes. Over winter, there's more low growing brassicas and herbs.” Judy utilises tent structures and shed walls to grow vegies vertically, as well as wicking beds that were built by Andreas. “They're really high functioning wicking beds,” says Judy, “They store a lot of the moisture, and it wicks up in the soil. I just have to put a light sprinkling of water on top when I'm growing seeds but mostly the vegetables root down quite well.” Judy takes her love of designing interiors to the outdoors and uses a lot of recycled materials, including baskets from old vineyards repurposed as planters, and an eclectic mix of mirrors, sculptures and ornaments found in hard rubbish collections. “I do collect things... I do it innately, I don't think about it that much,” says Judy and in a cool temperate garden when many plants lose their leaves, having these elements really hold the garden together. Even though it's a small space, there's more than enough happening year-round to keep Judy actively planting, improving and making the most of her little productive inner-city sanctuary. “It's a connection with the Earth to me,” says Judy, “it really grounds me... it's very soothing.”

[dapurinthos]

;_; i just want to have adorable jedi younglings to heal my own inner child

Hawk-Bat Clan is hurried into the lift and back up into the morning sunshine. I set my shoulders and finish my ration bar, crumpling the wrapper up and shoving it into the deep pockets of my robes that can hold so many things. I hold onto Rael’s closest sleeve for balance as the lift rises and I slip one foot then the other into my outside shoes so that my soft-soled in-Temple shoes are protected and kept clean. By the time the lift opens back up on the roof, nine pairs of feet are all the saffron-gamboge hue of the flexible outside shoes that end just above our ankles. They make me think first of pattens and chopines, platformed shoes once worn to keep clothing that was hard to wash above the muddy mix of dirt and refuse and animal waste that unpaved streets inevitably descended into, though these soles are maybe a single centimetre. They and the rest of the shoe are made in one piece, of a rubbery, but breathable, material that doesn’t even have a seam around the vamp or down the centre like one-seam moccasins. They're not really rubber, though. Every time a pair gets too beat-up or worn-down, it gets put in a box labelled especially for outside shoes. When there are enough shoes in the box, it gets sent down to a room somewhere below the actual truncated pyramid of the Temple so they can be recycled into new shoes. Rubber is a thermoset, its form set after it cools. Any after-heating just results in the outside becoming unbearably sticky and disgusting, needing to be dissolved with rubbing alcohol. Unless there’s someone whose job it is to solely focus on unlinking the chemical bonds and sifting through impurities with the Force, it’s far more likely they’re just some sort of thermoplast that is of high enough quality to be able to reheat, melt, and reform. Actual recyclable plastics: an outright miracle. They must have been recycling them over and over again for nearly a century, these shoes that carry that warm hue of the late years of the High Republic forward and make us look like a bunch of pelikki, orangey-yellow feet with swooping short robes in hues of warm greys and soft tans above.

[mensministry]

VEEN|HUIS|HOTEL 'Stable Shack,'

Veenhuizen, Drenthe, The Nertherlands,

There’s plenty of history associated with the site, which, in the 1800s, became a penal housing colony for vagrants who were set to work on the surrounding farmland. Veenhuizen is now home to several natural sites of interest and a community of farmers exploring more restorative forms of agriculture.

Overtreders W specialises in temporary and recyclable architecture and took a strict approach to materials for Stable Shack, which occupies a peaceful spot in the middle of a peat meadow. Everything is sourced from the immediate area, with absolutely ‘no flashy new components’ added into the mix.

It lends the Shack a distinctive, piecemeal appearance, with wood borrowed from a local carpenter and roof tiles sourced from a nearby farmyard – tied together using fabric straps and balanced on a concrete base.

Overtreders W

[esconpanache]

Elevating Lifestyle Standards: Escon Panache’s Commitment to Sustainable Living and Safety & Security

At Escon Panache, we believe that true luxury extends beyond exquisite design and prime locations. It encompasses a commitment to sustainable living and ensuring the utmost safety and security for our residents. Here’s how Escon Panache Villas excels in these crucial areas, offering a harmonious blend of eco-friendly practices and cutting-edge security measures.

Sustainable Living: A Greener Tomorrow

Escon Panache is dedicated to fostering a sustainable lifestyle, integrating eco-friendly practices and technologies that not only benefit our residents but also contribute to the well-being of our planet.

Energy Efficiency

Our commitment to sustainability starts with energy efficiency. Escon Panache incorporates advanced energy-saving technologies, including LED lighting, energy-efficient appliances, and high-performance windows. These features significantly reduce energy consumption, lowering your carbon footprint and utility bills.

Renewable Energy Sources

Harnessing the power of renewable energy is at the core of Escon Panache’s sustainability initiatives. Our buildings are equipped with solar panels that generate clean, renewable energy, reducing dependence on non-renewable resources and promoting a greener environment.

Water Conservation

Water is a precious resource, and Escon Panache employs innovative water conservation techniques. Our properties feature rainwater harvesting systems, low-flow fixtures, and efficient irrigation systems that minimize water usage while maintaining lush, green landscapes.

Eco-Friendly Materials

The construction of Escon Panache utilizes sustainable building materials that are both durable and environmentally friendly. From recycled steel to sustainably sourced timber, every material is chosen to reduce environmental impact while ensuring the highest quality and longevity.

Green Spaces and Biodiversity

Escon Panache is designed with ample green spaces that enhance biodiversity and provide residents with a natural retreat. Our meticulously landscaped gardens, green roofs, and tree-lined pathways offer a serene environment, promoting physical and mental well-being.

Waste Management

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Location: Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

[chimerahyperfix]

assorted bomberman headcanons

This got rather long so to not clog the tag, ermmmm

When trying to stay awake [desperate times call for desperate measures-type deals] Blue will blast loud music directly into his ears. Think things like Enter Sandman by Metallica.

Plasma's scarf is, in fact, part of him. It follows his emotions-- if he's mad it'll spike up and will shock you, and if he's calm it'll be more of a quiet rumble, like an old CRT tv's screen static. It buzzes all the time.

Plasma can also control where his scarf moves. He usually uses it to gesture at things. This also means he can push you around or flip you off with it. Massive W.

Yellow and Aqua are twins. I will die on this hill.

The Bomberman Bros all had [keyword; had] color-coded blankets. This fell apart when Yellow traded with Aqua over textures. Now everyone has a swath of different colors. It's comforting in its own way. Pretty tried this when it was just her, White, Black and Pink-- that fell apart when she died and they split her belongings. The blankets White and Black got eventually ended up in storage, but the one Pink has is hung up on her bedroom wall.

The Dastardly Bombers all live in the same house at the moment [it is Phantom's]. It's kind of like a frathouse.

Magnet's favorite kind of music is Techno. He often plays it at max volume.

Red and Blue often get into arguments about wether checkers or chess is better.

The only game Green is bad at is Spoons. He can't react fast enough to win.

Blue collects dice sets. His favorite dice are D4. Great for laying out as weapons. His favorite set look like prisms.

Red can breathe fire. It's very system-intensive, so it's a last-ditch-effort attack.

Black likes writing. Yellow has convinced him to write small plots for him to make comic books with.

Golem names all of his birds. Phantom's house is surrounded by birdhouses.

Blue has narcolepsy. Honestly I'm pretty sure this is canon?

White can't sleep without some kind of noise. He has at least three fans, one heater, a radio and four white noise machines he cycles through.

Blue and Phantom are rivals. They often try to hack eachothers computers to put silly images onto them. Neither have ever succeeded.

White is always the last to go to bed. Yellow is almost always the first to wake up. The only exception to this is Blue, who can be up whenever.

Pink has a collection of plastic weapons. Think big battle axes, scythes, etc.

Blue always has bags of pretzels in his room. They are his favorite. No one else likes pretzels.

The Bomberman bros all have little glow-in-the-dark stars glued to the roofs of their rooms. White never got around to removing his. Black has painted a moon on his roof to go along with them. Pink counts them to sleep. Blue's room aesthetic is very star-themed, so he got even MORE stars. Red, Yellow, Aqua and Green all wanted them.

Pink consumes the most horror content out of anyone.

Aqua has a very extensive enamel pin collection and participates in pin trading. She has like. 3 corkboards full of pins.

White likes to collect reusable, recycled material bags.

Green's room is full of stuff. He says it's all put in specific places-- organized chaos-- but he puts it all in stacks. White tells him to clean his room a lot. The stacks just move around. It's a constant back and forth between them.

Aqua has drank hot sauce before. Like a drink.

Magnet is covered in scuff marks from his powers activating and pulling him against things.

Red occasionally does woodcarving.

Pretty is bad at letting go of items that can be even vaugely sentimental. She's kept almost everything she's ever been given, even if it's broken.

When he was younger, Black broke multiple handheld game consoles from overuse.

White is surprisingly good at fighting games. He mostly plays puzzle games.

Yellow likes to bake. He can make cookies, and that's it.

Golem often picks up the other Dastardly Bombers and carries them around. He often throws them over his shoulder.

[everlastiingiimmortals]

[LIFT]: sender gently cups the receiver's face and lifts their chin so the receiver is looking up at them. (aventurine to ratio!)

To cup a face. | @apocryphis

"...But the issue -- one of many, I should say -- glaring at me from this proposal, is that there is a particularly pathetic lack of consideration put into the procedure of the application. The cost of this so-called 'plan' to excavate all the material necessary to simply establish a foundation for the thermal generator is not only unrealistic, but pushes the budget far beyond the estimated projections. Additionally, high geothermal activity is a double-edged sword, especially with the location they chose. I am hard-pressed to believe these idiots passed a single civil engineering course--" A pause to take a sip of wine from his near-neglected glass, and Ratio dives right back in to tearing the proposal to pieces in all but physicality, "-- because according to even the most incompetent reports on the region, the instability of the location they selected indicates there's a relatively high risk for subsidence. Honestly, did they not anticipate the occurrence of seismic events damaging their infrastructure? Did they even check the depth of the water table? Not to mention the other environmental effects of these horrific oversights --" cue further flipping through the proposal, "-- and future plans for deep-sea mining? Who do they thing they're talking t--"

A gloved hand sliding against his cheek and tilting his face upwards brings an immediate halt to his rant. Somewhere in between sitting down with his glass of wine and beginning to complain about the proposal submitted for his 'consultation,' he'd entirely forgotten that the audience he had was in fact a living, breathing person, and not one of his little ducks seated on the right of his desk.

There's a barely-suppressed smile dancing on the corner of Aventurine's lips as he gazes down at Ratio from his seat on the desk (he was sure he'd scolded Aventurine about sitting there; had it escaped his notice this time?), amusement clearly etched on his face. Ratio's tongue goes dry, inexplicably rooted to the roof of his mouth. Your blood pressure, Doctor, Aventurine teases, and the sound of his voice is enough to snap Ratio into wresting his gaze free from the Stoneheart's eyes.

"My blood pressure is fine," he grumbles, like a liar. The way Aventurine's smile widens is enough to know he doesn't believe the retort in the slightest. Ratio definitely isn't sulking as he makes a show of slapping the proposal shut and tossing it into the recycling bin sitting to his left. "...I'm not approving that proposal," he (unnecessarily) adds, a sullen tone seeping into his voice.

The following peal of laughter doesn't grate against his ears as it might have once before.

[sisteradelaide]

My thoughts on Palia

I've been playing the game since the closed beta and I've really been enjoying it. There are a few things I would like to see changed, just for ease of play.

Get rid of the repair tick - At least on the watering can. The only way to make money in this game is to farm or annihilate whole herds of sernuk. Just let me water my damn plants in peace.

Disspell Arrows one shot all creatures in the game - It's a magic arrow that uses rare/hard to find materials. The fact that it doesn't insta-eliminate everything is disappointing. This to me feels like the most wasteful thing in the game. Unless you're all about hunting the magic creatures for the achievements, there's very little point to them.

Adjusted spawn rates for flora, fishing, and bugs - I swear I'll see an epic once before I'm dead, but I'm not too sure. I understand commons are meant to be exactly that, but it's disheartening to use twenty worms for fishing and maybe get a single rare out of the lot. If you're going to tie missions to hard to find items, then maybe make them slightly easier to find or catch. If anything make the common and uncommon available for the regular worms and the rare and epics available for the glow worms.

All recipes are available for purchase. - I'm tired of wasting glow worms trying to find the sushi recipe. Just let me buy it ffs.

Provide better ways to get Palium & Flow - Considering how difficult it can be to acquire either of these, the amount of stuff we have to build with them is just crazy. It would be cool for a future updates to get a mining sluice type device where we can process stone and get the more precious items out of it. Same type of concept for flow, except we can infuse wood with it.

Allow us to sell unwanted furniture pieces or recycle the materials in them for something else - My storage is full of furniture that I have no use for. I refuse to destroy it because the amount of materials in them is insane. Nothing would make me happier than to recycle the industrial stuff I had to make for Tish and get the iron bars back.

Recipe prices - Prices on things in general, but 2k - 5k gold FOR THE RECIPE. Not the item, the recipe to make it. Then I have to find the stuff to make it and then I have to maintain it because it has a health tick. Then I have to REBUILD it if I don't repair it.

Make character shops accessible when the characters are not available. - Please. There's cash registers. There's the other shops. Worst case, have Ashura/Jel/Kenyatta run a side business where they sell everyone's stuff because they're the only ones up at 2am. The other way is to adjust the general shop where everything is in one place.

Remove the cost for teleporting - You can spend gold or you can walk feels way too real world for me. I'm already choosing between sacrificing my tools for the sake of my house or vice versa. Can I have something useful that doesn't require me to spend money? Please.

Blueprints for structures - Once I spend money on the Blueprint for rooms and hallways, I feel like I should get to use it in perpetuity. Especially since the cost INCREASES every time you buy one.

Second floor for houses - This is not in the game, but I would like to see it go in at some point.

Cosmetic updates - Expanded cosmetics would be nice. They've said there is more stuff coming, but I would like to be able to do simple things like change wall or roof colors without the need for a wallpaper or purchasable cosmetic. Along this same line, please remove the furniture modification kit requirement and just let us adjust furniture as we want. It's a level of tedious that doesn't need to be there.