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Container City in London

Digidave — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:43:53 EDT

we love the idea of using recycled industrial surplus as the starting point for prefab design, and now Urban Space Management has brought shipping containers to multi-unit, larger-scale housing with the introduction of its component-based, flexible, and widely applicable container construction system.

Channel: Art & Design Tags: architecture prefab reuse london

Hacked Robotic Dogs Sniff out Pollution

ecomod — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:04:28 EST

Natalie Jeremijenko's brilliant Feral Dog project refurbishes old toy robotic dogs such as "Poo-chi" and gives them new life - turning them into lean green pollution-sniffing machines, which are "released" en masse into a community space to sniff out harmful VOCs, ozone, and other environmental toxins - creating a spectacle and

Channel: Science Tags: Natalie Jeremikeno Robotic Eco Dogs Feral Dog Project

Florida Real Estate Market Bottomed out in 2006; Growth Expected to Resume in 2008

ecomod — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:04:00 EST

A new report released today by Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund finds that Florida's housing markets slowed in 2006 in nearly every geographic region, and that Florida's economy has downshifted from a period of spectacular growth to merely strong growth and will continue through 2007 and into the first half of 2008 before giving way to more robust g

Channel: Real Estate Tags: real estate market in Florida downshifting

Stocks mixed after Boeing report

ecomod — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:02:22 EST

Stocks were narrowly mixed in early trading Wednesday as the economy gave off fresh signs it could sidestep a sharp slowdown and quarterly results from Boeing Co. blew past projections. The robust data offset some skittishness about the Federal Reserve Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates due later in the day.

Channel: Money Tags: stocks mixed boeing report

First signs of a cooling U.K. housing market as mortgage approvals fall

ecomod — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:01:18 EST

Mortgage approvals in the U.K. have declined in December, Bank of England figures showed, a clear sign that higher borrowing costs are beginning to impact the housing market.

Channel: Real Estate Tags: Cooling UK Housing market falling mortgage approval rates

Housing market isn't rebounding yet

ecomod — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:59:35 EST

Prices of single-family homes across the nation rose in November at the slowest rate in more than a decade, a housing index released Tuesday by Standard & Poor's showed, countering other evidence that the housing slowdown may be nearing an end.

Channel: Real Estate Tags: US. Home Prices housing market downturn not yet near the end

Prepare for a 'Repricing' of the U.S. Housing Market

ecomod — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:56:31 EST

If it is true that housing follows very long patterns - with a cycle as long as 120 years - when the market really goes down, homeowners might wait a long, long time before they get their money back.

Channel: Real Estate Tags: Repricing of the U.S. Housing Market housing market cycles

Bush takes aim at executive salaries

ecomod — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:52:44 EST

President Bush took aim Wednesday at huge salaries and bonuses for corporate executives, going to Wall Street to say compensation packages should hinge on how good a job a CEO does for the shareholders.

Channel: Money Tags: President Bush Corporate salaries Executive salaries

Profitable opportunities to save energy: Why do we keep missing them?

ecomod — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:09:43 EST

Why do people tend to overlook a lot of profitable opportunities to save energy? Grist explores...

Channel: Science Tags: Grist Saving money saving energy

First Signs Of A Cooler Housing Market

ecomod — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:07:35 EST

House prices in the UK in January rose by just 0.3 per cent, the lowest monthly rise for eight months, says the Nationwide...

Channel: Real Estate Tags: UK Housing market cooling

Evidence of cooling housing market builds

ecomod — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:06:12 EST

Mortgage lending notched up a record rise last month but new mortgage approvals showed their weakest increase since April, indicating the housing market may be peaking in the wake of rising borrowing costs.

Channel: Real Estate Tags: Housing market UK Buuble cooling market

Millions to go hungry, waterless: climate report

MyWayOnNow — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:29:00 EST

Rising temperatures will leave millions more people hungry by 2080 and cause critical water shortages in China and Australia, as well as parts of Europe and the United States, according to a new global climate report.

Channel: Science Tags: global warming weather

Gentrification in Ancient Cities

ecomod — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:36:23 EST

High real estate prices in Rome are driving the last Jews from their homes in the old ghetto, which is transforming itself into a trendy enclave.

Channel: Real Estate Tags: New York Times Real Estate Gentrification Rome Jews

The Best Time to Buy a House Was 35 Years Ago

ecomod — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:34:14 EST

It is easy to calculate the worst time to buy a house: usually, it's exactly when you are looking for one.

Channel: Real Estate Tags: New York Times Real Estate Best time to buy a house

U.S. Economy on the rise

ecomod — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:31:34 EST

Sales of new homes and orders for durable goods jumped in December, suggesting the weakest parts of the U.S. economy are on the mend.

Channel: Money Tags: Bloomberg analysts US economy home prices durable goods