Eco Factor: Sustainable design maximizes sunlight and uses recycled aluminum.
Scandinavian architectural firm C.F.Architects’ master plan proposal has won a design competition for a new housing district in Gothenburg, Sweden. Called “Harbor…
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Eco Factor: Panasonic hopes to provide renewable energy generators for every home by 2020.
After merging with Sanyo, Japanese giant Panasonic believes that by the year 2020 every home will produce enough clean energy for its own needs. The…
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Eco Factor: New phenomenon helps in the production of high efficiency fuel cells.
MIT researchers have successfully found a way which could help in production of high efficiency fuel cells. The researchers investigated a phenomenon called Lattice..
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Eco Factor: New printing process leads to the development of longer lasting batteries for EVs.
Orlando-based startup Planar Energy, a spin-off of the NREL, has developed a new printing process of solid-state lithium-ion batteries. The process can..
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Eco Factor: USB hub includes a solar panel to charge portable electronic devices.
For all those users who’re mostly on the move and need portable batteries to recharge their gadgets, the 4-port USB Hub from China Vasion might just be the…
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Eco Factor: New material makes air conditioners 175 percent more efficient.
Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a new “thermally elastic” alloy that can increase the efficiency of air conditioners and refrigeration…
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Eco Factor: Zero-emission vehicle powered by electricity.
One possible way to better fuel efficiency of vehicles is to remove one wheel from the a four-wheeled setup and run the vehicle on three wheels. Several auto designers have come up with…
E-Trike concept runs on an electric engine for a silent commute Read More »
Eco Factor: Experimental energy smart grid with capacity of 1MW.
Singapore is making way for the world’s largest pilot smart gird with a capacity of 1MW. SP PowerGrid and CEI Contract Manufacturing, who signed the agreement last week, will…
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Eco Factor: Electrically powered bicycle pedals to assist you to get up hills.
Recently we heard Stephen Britt’s ingenious creation the “Fast Forward Powered Pedals” making it to the finals of Barclays Bank’s “Take One Step” contest….
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Eco Factor: Sustainable mixed-use skyscraper powered by noise and wind energy.
The rise in the number of cars on the roads has not only increased air pollution but has also added noise. Seemingly harmless, noise is a form of energy that is usually.
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