Eco Factor: Diatom stone fossil sculpture with green energy generating solar cells.
We have already seen many ingenious ideas popping-up in the 2010 Land Art Generator Initiative Design Competition, but non like this one here. Thomas Laureyssens…
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Eco Factor: Cob home utilizes green technologies for energy self-sufficiency.
Ann and Gord Baird, the Victoria residents have allowed the traditional, European Cob homes to adorn a strictly American countryside. Working for more than one and a…
Victoria couple builds world’s strictest green house out of cob Read More »
Eco Factor: Newly developed slates harness solar energy.
Cupa Group, the Spain’s largest construction materials company has come up with the world’s first solar collector slate that is just perfect for any kinds of roofing. The solar slates,…
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Eco Factor: Circular rotating house with water recycling, photovoltaic panels and geothermal system.
Brainchild of Patrick Marsilli, the Domespace is a rotating wooden house that was recently seen turning heads at the Viv’expo exhibition in…
UFO-like rotating wooden house can withstand cyclonic winds of up to 174mph Read More »
Eco Factor: Solar equipment enables thin film silicon solar modules production at lower costs.
After First Solar broke the $1.00 a Watt price barrier last year with its non-silicon based thin film, which cost $0.76 cents a Watt, it’s now Swiss…
Oerlikon Solar produces silicon thin film solar modules for under $0.70 cents per watt Read More »
Eco Factor: EV recharging solution to reduce electric range woes.
Industrial designer Vladimir Abramov has conceptualized a unique electric vehicle charging solution that can increase the range of electric cars by allowing them to recharge on the..
El-Assist recharging concept lets electric vehicles recharge on the move Read More »
Eco Factor: Concept home designed to run on green energy.
Conceived by Italian designer Massimiliano Menegale for Materica Studio, the Stay Grounded is an eco-home that buries itself deep into the ground to make solar panels and microaeolic…
Stay Grounded – Concept Italian abode for a green, clandestine stay Read More »
Eco Factor: Water elements that use 50 times less energy and allow water recycling.
It’s getting all watery, ‘water on water’ is the new definition of luxury. A handful of companies are seeing including water element as a luxury attraction,..
Artificial energy-efficient lagoons add new value to luxury Read More »
Eco Factor: Zero-emission concept car powered by electric motors.
The Bentley Incense GT is the brainchild of auto designer Hyunjoon Park and has been inspired by the thick plume of smoke emanating from aromatic sticks. The vehicle, which has…
Bentley Incense GT concept flaunts an electric drive for a zero-emission commute Read More »
Eco Factor: Old museum to be revived as an eco center for art and music lovers.
Formally a factory, then a contemporary art museum and now an eco complex, the former Renault factory on Île Seguin, Paris has seen grand transformation and is yet to.
Former Renault factory to turn into flourishing natural art habitat Read More »
