Eco Factor: City Hall for Herstal to provide a naturally illuminated work area.
Belgian architect Frédéric Haesevoets has won a competition to design a new city hall for Herstal. The architecture will accommodate office spaces, archives and…
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Eco Factor: Concept car to be powered by a low-emission hybrid engine.
Mercedes-Benz has announced a range of fuel-efficient vehicles recently and the company will be coming to the Geneva Motor Show with a hybrid as well. Mercedes-Benz has…
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Eco Factor: Concept vehicle designed to run clean on electricity.
TRIGON is the brainchild of industrial designers Alexandros TH Katinis and Kim Katinis, who believe that the best possible way to reduce city traffic and pollution is to commute by.
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Eco Factor: Super-absorbent polymers to help plants grow in 80 percent less water.
Israel’s Exotech Bio Solutions have developed naturally-derived super-absorbent polymers (SAPs) that can treat obesity without surgery and can help plants grow…
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Eco Factor: Zero-emission vehicle powered by electricity.
US researchers have unveiled a new electric car that instead of guzzling up the owner’s money in gasoline and maintenance generates money by serving the electric grid. The converted…
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Eco Factor: Wind farm in Suez to generate 200MW of renewable electric power.
Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) has signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi’s green energy company, Masdar, to develop a 200MW wind power plant for…
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Eco Factor: Portable water sterilization unit conserves energy.
The United Nations estimates that by the year 2025 more than two-thirds of the world population will be striving to get access to pure drinking water. These grim figures have forced..
STER UV sterilizer concept purifies water in an energy-efficient way Read More »
Eco Factor: Aeroponic planted controlled via computer.
Click & Grow has unveiled a range of high-tech planters that make growing houseplants a set and forget exercise. The planter has been designed for those who love houseplants but mostly…
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Eco Factor: Paintings created from recycled floppy disks and VHS tapes.
The latest advances in storage technology allowed us to store more data in a better fashion. However, this advancement meant that earlier storage systems such as floppy disks.
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Eco Factor: Car replica created from recycled materials.
UK-based Ben Wilson Design has designed a Formula 1 race car replica using nothing more than recycled Puma shoe boxes. The design was a part of an installation at Puma’s new store at…
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