Tighter Fuel Standards for Container Vessels will Help Clear Air in Beijing. Container Ships that enter the North Sea and Baltic ports follow regulations to use fuel with less than 1 percent sulfur in order to reduce emissions. The Emission Control Areas will tighten regulations further to allow 0.1 percent sulfur fuel by 2015, and 0.5 percent sulfur fuel by 2050. The International Maritime Organization sets these standards.
Daiken-Met Architects just designed and built a movable office building made from steel storage containers. The company is now using their building, named Sugoroku Office, for their own office headquarters.
Daiken-Met Architects found it hard to secure a plot of land permanently in the urban areas of Japan. They purchased the small plot of land as a rental for their temporary portable housing office. They agreed to remove and reconstruct their office building every few years, and the agreement is part of their lease.
There is something about the container home that sparks creativity in architects, homeowners and developers alike. It could be the inherent ingenuity of using recycled material of old storage containers that challenges developers to tap into their creative side. Or it could be the limited amount of space that presents a new way of looking at home creation. It could be the simplicity of starting with rectangular boxes, or the complexity of creating something fixed and permanent out of the steel units. It could be the novelty of making a home with items that have traveled all around the world.
Dundee is an area of expanding digital companies in the United Kingdom. The digital sector is continuing to grow in both the number of companies and the size of companies in Seabraes, Dundee.
Plans for a new office building are underway to accommodate the growing business in the city. Project leaders are hoping that the office space will attract more creative digital start up companies to have their headquarters in Dundee. The Dundee director of city development, Mike Gallaway, was in support of the building application. He urged the councilors voting on the building plans to see the structure as a permanent investment for Seabraes.
International trade in our world today is reliant upon the shipping industry. Steel storage containers are the smallest foundational unit of transport used to ship goods to and from countries around the world. The standard ISO twenty by forty foot units are often loaded from trucks, to trains, to large vessels. The steel boxes travel back and fourth across the world for years. They are built to withstand trans oceanic voyages, storms, weight bearing unit stacking, and harsh weather conditions.
Building a modular home is a surprisingly energy efficient, cost effective, fast, and reliable solution. Even more surprising is the ability for modular houses to be aesthetically pleasing, inviting and comfortable homes. Modular housing is growing in popularity.
Most cities have bans on portable storage containers inhabiting commercial zones. These steel boxes may be allowed in commercial areas in the city of Ephrata, Washington.
Portable storage containers spark many people’s interest when it comes to considering how they can solve common housing needs. These homes are a relatively new innovation, and therefore, have a mystique and allure to them. Not everyone has been able to see the inside of a home that is built from a recycled shipping container. Many people wonder how all of the essentials fit inside such a tiny space.
More than 100,000 people are currently living in prefabricated housing in Turkey’s Van Province. These people are still feeling the aftermath of the earthquake that affected the area in October. The earthquake measured 7.6 on the rector scale.
Burks Falls, Ontario is getting two buildings worth of new rental housing. Burks Falls, located near North Bay, is a small town of only 1,000 residents. Despite the small size, the town had a need for more rental real estate.