The kind of destruction, loss of human life and magnitude of tragedy that has stuck Japan in the last month or so has been sad to watch. Natural disasters leave many without shelter, and since the grid power is lost and majority of cities blanked out.
SPACE: Solar powered shipping container to provide mobile shelter Read More »
Israel is on a mission. And, unlike what you normally hear from this part of the globe, it is not a mission that will lead the nation on a path of conflict. In fact, Israel is attempting to be a global trendsetter by being the world’s very first…
Israel gets the world’s first nationwide battery-charging grid Read More »
Simplicity imbued with a traditionalistic virtue defines this interesting design concept of a housing project proposed for Port au Prince, Haiti. St Val Architect studio have supposedly been inspired by the prevalent traditional art of making…
St Val Architect proposes a wholesome vernacular bamboo housing project for Haiti Read More »
BIG Architects have done it again, and this time it’s a serene, naturalistic yet adroit conception of a hockey rink which is to be designed inside the Umedalen Sculpture Park in Umea, Sweden. BIG was chosen for this exclusive design by the…
BIG Architects envisions green-roofed hockey rink for Umea, Sweden Read More »
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Tata Power is joining hands with the Sunengy Pty Ltd, an Australian solar power company to set up India’s first floating solar plant. It would be a low cost plant as the economic floating solar technology invented by Sunengy is going to be us
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The US economy is heavily dependent on oil but the demand of oil in the US is much more than the supply and so the country is forced to import oil from other countries. The US imports approximately one million barrels of oil per day from Canada,…
Ionic liquids to save environment by cleaning tar sands Read More »
Humans have been generating power from water since centuries through age-old technologies like water wheels that function using a stream’s electric current to turn a mill for grinding grain. With rising concerns about shrinking resources, high oil..
Tata and MIT collaborate to generate energy from water Read More »
Utter efficiency would dictate the terms in this adaptable yet advanced concept conceived by Rotterdam-based architects MVRDV. Designed to be the headquarters for the Guosen Securities Corporation in China, this 204m high mega structure aims to…
Shenzhen Guosen Tower to provide healthy working environment Read More »
Professor Paul Braun of Illinois University has come up with a self-assembling three-dimensional nanostructure for battery cathodes (Li-ion and NiMH). The nanostructure allows for faster charging and discharging without forgoing energy storage…
New nano- based battery technology could charge electric vehicles in two minutes Read More »
In an earnestly green move, Davies Smith Developments is conceptualizing a luxury group of residential units, named as the 2011 Ironstone Condominiums, in the city of Burlington located in the Greater Toronto Area. The pioneering project will…
Proposed Ironstone Condominiums for GTA to be epitomes of sustainable luxury Read More »
