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Tars
04-27-2009, 08:19 AM
From the Wall St. Journal:

The Green House of the Future (https://online.wsj.com/article/SB124050414436548553.html)

By ALEX FRANGOS (https://online.wsj.com/search/search_center.html?KEYWORDS=ALEX+FRANGOS&ARTICLESEARCHQUERY_PARSER=bylineAND)


"We asked architects to draw up plans for the most energy-efficient houses they could imagine. They imagined quite a bit."


Excerpt:

https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/EY-AA189_HOUSEc_D_20090413163243.jpg"What will the energy-efficient house of the future look like?

It could have gardens on its walls or a pond stocked with fish for dinner. It might mimic a tree, turning sunlight into energy and carbon dioxide into oxygen. Or perhaps it will be more like a lizard, changing its color to suit the weather and healing itself when it gets damaged."


FULL ARTICLE
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