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Eco Factor: Platinum LEED-Certified, solar-powered housing complex.

Living in a solar-powered house is no more a design or a dream, as Wakeland Housing and Development Corporation has unveiled a 3-story housing complex, which is powered entirely…

Eco Factor: Concept tower generates electricity from mechanical energy.

Phyte, the brainchild of Nicolas Mouret, recently won a competition held by “The Foundation Societe Tour Eiffel,” which later was given to someone else because the…

Eco Factor: “Green” community playground to be built using money raised by recycling events.

Swampscott’s Jackson Park Playground Committee is trying to build a green community playground, funds for which will come from recycling events…

Eco Factor: Device to monitor electricity consumption.

The need to reduce energy being consumed in an average household has forced manufacturers to develop energy monitoring systems that in a way tempt the user to save the precious resources which.

Eco Factor: Electric motorcycle powered by photovoltaic cells.

Arizona-based motorcycle fanatic Richard Gryzch has tried to make use of the desert sun to power his already electric ride on clean solar energy, which is in abundance in the area….

Eco Factor: Unmanned aircraft powered by solar energy.

Aurora Flight Sciences has revealed the design of an unmanned aircraft for DARPA’s Vulture Program, which will be able to fly for a period of five years on solar energy. Known as the…

Eco Factor: Water saving toilet design.

Researchers predict that by the year 2025 about 2,800 million people living in over 41 countries will lack access to safe drinking water. Some designers have made use of their skills to develop concept…

Eco Factor: Hand drier and cleaner powered by solar energy.

Will our homes and the products we use today be the same after a few decades? Ask any creative product designer and the answer will be a screaming “No.” Forget the future of the…

Eco Factor: Devices to harness wave energy could meet reality in five years.

With wind and solar energy generating systems tottering under cost burdens, inventors have started looking toward ways to generate renewable energy at a surprisingly low..

Eco Factor: Necklace equipped with LEDs powered by solar energy.

Who says solar panels aren’t trendy enough for rooftop installation? Designer Mae Yokoyama recognizes the need to go green and has ways to not only make it look simple but stylish..