制造商和制造商协会基金会进行的一项调查中，1000名受访者中有60%表示他们避免安装照明装置。接受调查的房主还避免疏通下水道和更换窗玻璃等。要查看所有业主避免的项目，阅读调查显示:业主避免简单维修。在接下来的几个月里，At Home频道将提供涵盖列表上所有项目的指南文章。我们的主要目标是展示维修实际上是多么容易，房主们可以自己做这项工作。< / p > < / div >
Due to the unique constraints of the Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building’s narrow site, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) expected a vertical building organization, stacking research groups on top of one another. Instead, Rafael Viñoly Architects created a horizontally oriented building that hugs the topography as it descends the north slope of Mount Sutro, fostering collaboration at every opportunity.
美国美国能源部太阳能十项全能(Solar Decathlon)的代表们聚集在一起，展示他们的设计，并宣传这项比赛。在展会上，我们有机会见到阿巴拉契亚州立大学的团队，并了解更多关于Solar Homestead，他们进入2011年太阳能十项全能。合作和对改变房屋建造方式的兴奋是显而易见的。加入我们，跟随阿巴拉契亚州立大学的团队，在记录太阳能家园项目的一系列视频的第一部分。< / p > < / div >
Located across the street from SANAA’s Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art is Frank Gehry’s Center for the Visual Arts. Completed in 1993 to house the University of Toledo Department of Art as well as the Toledo Museum of Art's Reference Library, the four story, L-shaped fortress like building is a prime example of postmodern Deconstructivism.
从辛辛那提滨河可见，丹尼尔·里伯斯金(Daniel Libeskind)的《攀爬罗布林大桥》(Ascent)俯瞰肯塔基州科温顿(Covington, Ky)。天际线。该建筑于2008年完工，混凝土和玻璃幕墙覆盖结构有300 ' -0 "高，31万平方英尺。里伯斯金的第一座美国高层建筑包括22层的多户住宅项目(包括一个大堂、一个安全停车层、一个设施层和19层的豪华公寓)。< / p > < / div >
填缝的现金，旨在“Homestar”，旨在吸引美国人对他们的家中的节能升级。正如Clunkers的现金增加汽车销售通过向更换更加燃料友好的车型交换效率低效的美国人来增加汽车销售，那么Caulkers计划的现金希望通过为能源提供销售点退税来提高建筑产品的需求高效升级，如绝缘。Caulkers的现金还旨在通过安装服务创造就业机会，每年将家庭能源成本降低数百美元，并降低国家对石油的依赖。 While catching up on my daily dose of news, I came across a rather interesting story out of Olympia, Washington. After a local woman found out that her husband was leaving her, she allegedly tampered with his power tools, switching the positive and negative wires in an attempt to get back at him.
Homeowners spent an estimated $109.7 billion in 2009, which was down from $120.1 billion in 2008, according to the recent article, Home Improvement Spending: Looking Up. Experts forecast that spending will bottom out early this year and will be on the rise again throughout 2010.
改造你的房子？ Are the updates going to increase energy efficiency? Tax rebates and credits are available through the federal government for home improvements that enhance the energy efficiency of your home.
制造商和制造商协会基金会进行的一项调查中，1000名受访者中有60%表示他们避免安装照明装置。接受调查的房主还避免疏通下水道和更换窗玻璃等。要查看所有业主避免的项目，阅读调查显示:业主避免简单维修。在接下来的几个月里，At Home频道将提供涵盖列表上所有项目的指南文章。我们的主要目标是展示维修实际上是多么容易，房主们可以自己做这项工作。< / p > < / div >
我最近在哥伦布调度中读取了一个文章，从里克凌乱的密尔沃基日记期刊sentinel 标题为“美国人丢失了修复它的技能，民意调查显示“。 Americans are “tinkering” less and are not taking pride in building something.
无论你是一个diy专业人士或初学者，wouldn’t it be nice to have a little help when estimating the quantity of material that is required for your project? Preventing over- and under-ordering material and eliminating additional trips to the home improvement store will save you both time and money. Below are a few helpful online calculators and estimators that we have found.
The more lights the better, right? Although lights are visually appealing and, personally, my favorite, the “Christmas Vacation” mentality can lead to a lot of problems if proper precautions are not taken. Christmas lights use a lot of electricity. Improperly installed, they can cause overloaded circuits and wires to overheat. Enough heat could be generated to eventually burn and ignite other items in the area.