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Eco Factor: Transparent light-harvesting polymer material for power generating windows.

The latest trend of generating power has almost reached the threshold of our windows. Catching up with the trend, scientists at the U.S. Department of…

Eco Factor: Restaurant created from sustainable materials.

Designers over at DSA+s have created an outdoor Japanese Noodle restaurant that can easily be assembled and disassembled. The sustainable restaurant has been created using bamboo as the…

Eco Factor: Parking garage to generate renewable energy to charge EVs.

BMW Group DesignworksUSA has partnered with Canopy Airport Parking to create the world’s greenest parking facility at Denver International Airport. Slated to open this month..

Eco Factor: Solar-powered cruise ship passenger terminal for Kaohsiung.

The largest port city in Taiwan, Kaohsiung, has always felt the need of a cruise ship passenger terminal that can contribute to the island’s growing cultural importance….

Eco Factor: Zero-emission vehicle to be powered by electricity.

Lightning Car Company has announced that its all-electric GT should be ready for the UK by 2012. The company is about to enter a “late prototype” phase and should be able to…

Eco Factor: Activated carbon cloth promotes decomposition of pollutants.

Developed in the 1980s to protect British soldiers from chemical attacks, activated carbon cloth could have a number of other uses as well. Researchers at the University of…

Eco Factor: Zero-emission supercar powered by lithium-ion batteries.

North Carolina-based Li-ion Motors has revealed its all-electric beast, which is being claimed to be the first all-American electric supercar. Christened the INIZIO, the…

Eco Factor: Zero-emission pedal-powered boat to be used to cross the Atlantic.

In an effort to raise £250,000 for charity, two young Bentley engineers are planning a journey across the Atlantic in December 2011 in a self-designed and built…

Eco Factor: Zero-emission concept car powered by electric motors.

Nissan has announced a proposal for new mobility in a sustainable zero-emission society by revealing its new concept car dubbed the New Mobility Concept. The company is continuing..

Eco Factor: Energy-generating fiber could power gadgets with motion and light.

Research scientists at the University of Bolton have developed a new piezoelectric-photovoltaic fiber that can be woven into various gadgets to power them using motion..