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"How to flood-proof your home: from water-thirsty plants to deflated footballs"
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How to flood-proof your home: from water-thirsty plants to deflated footballs
After summer’s heatwaves, prepare for winter of storms and heavy rain, with millions of UK homes at risk of flooding

"These 3D-printed homes are built using 'ink' made of residual wood from local sawmills"
#Houses #Wood
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3D-printed homes in Maine built using 'ink' made of residual wood from local sawmills
The new project in Maine is part of an initiative to build more homes faster and more efficiently.

"Bamboo tiny homes survive a 7.7 magnitude earthquake. They were built for the price of a smartphone"
#Bamboo #Houses

These bamboo tiny homes survived a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar
These simple one-room homes could be a new blueprint for scalable disaster housing.

"Smaller homes could cut Europe's CO₂ building emissions"
#Europe #Emissions #Houses

Smaller homes could cut Europe's CO₂ building emissions
Buildings are responsible for around 40% of CO2 emissions in the European Union. This means the building sector has a central role to play in achieving the EU's climate targets by 2050. An EU research project involving Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) has analyzed CO2 emissions from the European building stock over its entire life cycle and identified ways to reduce them.

"By 2050, many Sydney apartments built to today’s standards could be too hot for weeks at a time"
#Australia #Sydney #Houses

By 2050, many Sydney apartments built to today’s standards could be too hot for weeks at a time
Apartments built to today’s standards could be too hot for future comfort for about four weeks a year in Redfern and more than seven weeks in Penrith.

"Every new UK home should have air conditioning, say Liberal Democrats"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Houses

Every new UK home should have air conditioning, say Liberal Democrats
Exclusive: Party says housing stock ‘woefully unprepared’ for extreme heat and new rules for builders must be set

"England risks building new ‘death traps’ as experts warn of overheating crisis"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Houses #Climate

England risks building new ‘death traps’ as experts warn of overheating crisis
Vulnerable people more at risk as research finds only half of local authority plans require cooling strategies

"‘We can see into the other room’: insurers face surge in subsidence claims"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Houses #Heatwave

‘We can see into the other room’: insurers face surge in subsidence claims
Stressed UK homeowners tell of cracks opening up in the walls around them after two record-hot summers