RENDERINGS BY DOUG COOPER After years in the making, the Rachel Carson EcoVillage at Providence Heights in McCandless is now under construction — and the public is being welcomed to check it out. A multi-generational cohousing neighborhood, the sustainable community is southwestern Pennsylvania’s first ecovillage. Scheduled to be completed in the first half of 2026, the village — named after...| Pittsburgh Magazine
PHOTO COURTESY OF BRUSTER’S REAL ICE CREAM A runaway cow almost postponed my interview with the folks at Bruster’s Real Ice Cream. Thankfully, I heard about the wayward bovine causing traffic backups before I took I-79 and made it to Beaver on time. That’s where Bruce Reed founded the company that touts “cow-to-cone” freshness in 1989. Bruster’s has a brand...| Pittsburgh Magazine
Silicon Valley has been the leader in many things for decades, but rarely has the region's first place position been for something as undesirable as air quality. Following the record-setting disaster that has wiped out my one-time hometown of Paradise, Bay Area residents are choking on the resulting downwind smoke, seeking answers as to how unsafe it is, and how they can gain relief. And while I know that a week-plus of uncomfortable air is hardly the worst outcome of these climate change fue...| louisgray.com
Hummingbirds! Pint-sized birds belonging to their own unique family “Trochilidae.” These birds are the jewel-colored flowers of the avian kingdom. They commonly visit gardens and are the smallest…| World Birds
A little while ago, I wrote some musings on Home Automation and made reference to our heating setup.As it's had a bit of time (and some poor weather) to run and be improved upon, I thought it might be| www.bentasker.co.uk
I've dabbled with elements of Home Automation in the past.In a previous rental, we only had storage heaters, so I equipped each room with an Oil Radiator and an energenie RF plug socket (like these ht| www.bentasker.co.uk
Came across this wooden box at Dollar Tree & envisinoed a charming cottage birdhouse!....amazing textures & nature inspired embellishments!| hammonsnest.com
Herb collections are like personal potion shops, with hundreds and hundreds of possibilities for formulas and remedies. Slowly curating your own home apothecary should be a gradual process. This makes your herbal choices, supplies and needs very intentional. In my clinical dispensary, I had about seventy five herbs in stock throughout the seasons. In my [...] Read More... from Creating an Herbal Apothecary at Home The post Creating an Herbal Apothecary at Home appeared first on Ginger Tonic B...| Ginger Tonic Botanicals
In a notable stride toward simplifying smart home automation, Google has introduced the "Help Me Script" feature. This innovative tool, part of Google Home's| Tech Three Dots
The chair for Digital Building Technologies (DBT) at the Institute of Technology in Architecture, ETH Zurich, lead by Prof. Dr. Benjamin Dillenburger researches new building technologies based on the seamless integration of computational design methods, digital fabrication and new materials. In this context, DBT investigates additive manufacturing strategies in architecture, which have the potential to challenge traditional paradigms of construction. The aim is not only to rationalise the fab...| dbt
Verdigris has raised $10M for smarter buildings: I am so excited by this news, because roughly eight years ago I met one of the founders of Verdigris in an Austin coffee shop to talk about how to use AI and connected HVAC to make buildings greener. The company just raised $10 million in funding (in this environment!) led […]| Stacey on IoT | Internet of Things news and analysis
