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Eco Factor: Solar suitcases to power medical equipment in impoverished villages.

Engineering students at Cosumnes Oaks High School in Elk Grove are working on a unique project that aims to save hundreds of lives in impoverished villages around the.

Eco Factor: Mixed-use pavilion designed to harvest solar energy for power.

Designed by architect Paul de Ruiter, the Autarc is a sustainable mixed-use pavilion designed to provide space for offices or exhibitions with minimum impact on the…

Eco Factor: LCD monitor promises to save up to 63% energy.

Acer’s latest creation, the S243HL LCD display, borrows technology from hi-end LED displays to feature an amazing 8 million to one contrast ratio. The monitor has been designed to reduce.

Eco Factor: Conceptual proposal for a visitor center powered by renewable energy.

Eco-minded designer Michael Jantzen has come up with yet another sustainable proposal, for a large visitor center that is designed to be powered by renewable energy..

Eco Factor: Streetlamp concept composts trash for energy.

A major percentage of the total amount of electricity consumed by a city is used up by lighting systems. Industrial designer Haneum Lee has come up with a concept lighting system that not…

Eco Factor: Zero-emission vehicle powered by electric engine.

Citroen’s i-MiEV-based all-electric car, the C-Zero, has officially been unveiled, and the automaker has stated that the electric car is set to hit showrooms late next year. The car…

Eco Factor: Zero emission hydrogen fuel cell buses.

Launched by engineers at the University of Sunderland and Shanghai’s Shen Li High Technology, ComeSys Europe and AVID Vehicles, the ECO2Trans project aims to deploy two hydrogen fuel cell buses.

Eco Factor: Low-emission concept scooter runs on a hybrid engine.

After making waves at the 2008 Paris Motor Show with the HYbrid3 concept scooter, Peugeot has stunned the auto world yet again with the HYbrid 3 Evolution concept scooter that was…

Eco Factor: Replacing silicon with pyrite for cheaper solar energy.

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and Switzerland-based NLV solar are of the opinion that the solar panel industry needs to think of newer materials that…

Eco Factor: Sustainable architecture designed to generate on-site renewable energy.

The future of architecture rests in the green hands of designers who believe that sustainable architecture is the key to a better planet. HKS Inc has proposed a…