Eco Factor: Sustainable pavilion designed to reflect nature.
The Austrian Pavilion for the World Shanghai Expo 2010 by SPAN and Zeytinoglu Architects is under construction and once completed, will offer visitors breathtaking views of nature, the…
Austrian pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010 will reflect nature and landscape Read More »
Eco Factor: Vest designed to sniff out air pollutants.
The Detectair is a cowl-neck vest equipped with LEDs that continuously monitor air pollutants and flashes if you’ve wandered into an unhealthy airspace. Designed and developed by Genevieve…
Detectair monitors air pollutants and flashes LEDs accordingly Read More »
Eco Factor: Zero-emission motorcycles to be powered by electricity.
KTM is planning to unveil the Supermoto and the Enduro versions of its new electric motorbike at the Tokyo Motorcycle Show next week. The company describes these bikes as…
KTM to unveil all-electric motorbikes at 2010 Tokyo Motorcycle Show Read More »
Eco Factor: Record sleeve doubles as a human-powered record player.
Audio engineering company GGRP Sound has unveiled a unique cardboard record sleeve, used mostly to protect the record for any damage, which here doubles as an environmentally…
GGRP Sound stuffs a human-powered record player inside a record sleeve Read More »
Eco Factor: Sustainable school building harvests solar energy.
Pugh + Scarpa Architects have unveiled the designs of a new school building for Animo Leadership High School that targets to get LEED or CHPS certification. Due to the site’s…
Pugh + Scarpa Architects’ Green Dot school building harvests renewable energy Read More »
Eco Factor: Self-sufficient multiple use building powered by renewable energy.
Mostly bamboo is seen as a traditional building material that is no longer in use in many parts of the world. A team of designers at Geotectura is trying to merge the…
Bamboo Diamonds merges traditional benefits of bamboo with sustainable needs of today Read More »
Eco Factor: Universal charger harvests solar energy to charge handheld devices.
MOSeco has unveiled its new ES905 universal charger that has been designed for all those who’re always interested in a camping trip. The universal charger has been…
MOSeco ES905 charges handheld devices on renewable energy Read More »
Eco Factor: Self-sustainable blimp for military uses harvests solar energy for propulsion.
DARPA is working on a high-altitude reconnaissance and surveillance platform dubbed the Integrated Sensor Is the Structure (ISIS) that will be able to hover.
DARPA’s self-sustaining blimp to harvest solar energy for propulsion Read More »
Eco Factor: Device monitors energy consumption and helps users conserve.
Tendril has announced that the company will be launching its next generation in-home energy display next week at DistribuTECH, the nation’s leading trade show focused on…
Tendril to debut ‘Vision’ energy monitoring device at DistribuTECH Read More »
Eco Factor: Zero-emission bus powered by electric motors.
Students at UT Delft in the Netherlands have come up with a prototype Superbus, which has been designed to make public transportation attractive. The all-electric machine is outfitted with.
Students design all-electric ‘Superbus’ to make public transportation attractive Read More »
