{"id":360868,"date":"2010-02-25T02:14:56","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T07:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/david-marchetti-architetto-s-rammed-earth-office-harvests-solar-energy\/"},"modified":"2010-02-25T02:14:56","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T07:14:56","slug":"david-marchetti-architetto%e2%80%99s-rammed-earth-office-harvests-solar-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/360868","title":{"rendered":"David Marchetti Architetto\u2019s rammed earth office harvests solar energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/25\/rammed-earth-office-building_1_EDaD6_69.jpg\" alt=\"rammed earth office building_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Sustainable office building designed to harvest renewable energy. <\/p>\n<p>While most modern architecture firms are making use of the latest advancements in technology to design next-gen buildings, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnzr.it\/\">David Marchetti Architetto<\/a> is going back into history for a sustainable office building for Leeds, UK. The building features a modern fa\u00e7ade formed from rammed earth and employs passive design principles to reduce overall energy consumption. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/25\/rammed-earth-office-building_2_IbvRN_69.jpg\" alt=\"rammed earth office building_2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The building also harvests solar energy to help power its electrical and cooling systems to further reduce energy demands. Moreover the rammed earth walls offer the benefits of insulating thermal mass and solar shading, while the portholes allow natural light and air to filter through.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/25\/rammed-earth-office-building_3_eiQqX_69.jpg\" alt=\"rammed earth office building_3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The interior of the building is just as sustainable as the outside. Interior spaces are designed without VOCs and are naturally ventilated and illuminated. A ground air exchange also reduces energy consumption from heating and cooling.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/25\/rammed-earth-office-building_4_ALCVq_69.jpg\" alt=\"rammed earth office building_4\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/25\/rammed-earth-office-building_5_jNhgl_69.jpg\" alt=\"rammed earth office building_5\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/25\/rammed-earth-office-building_6_ua58G_69.jpg\" alt=\"rammed earth office building_6\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inhabitat.com\/2010\/02\/25\/rock-solid-rammed-earth-office-by-david-marchetti\/\">Inhabitat<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2010\/02\/21\/36-the-calls-by-davide-marchetti-architetto\/\">Dezeen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Sustainable office building designed to harvest renewable energy. While most modern architecture firms are making use of the latest advancements in technology to design next-gen buildings, David Marchetti Architetto is going back into history for a sustainable office building for Leeds, UK. The building features a modern fa\u00e7ade formed from rammed earth and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}