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….
Sun & Associates propose a sustainable passenger terminal for Taiwan’s largest port city Read More »
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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..
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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..
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Eco Factor: Solar power plant to generate renewable energy for 1000 households.
UK-based Eco Sustainable Solutions has put forward a plan to build a 5MW solar power plant in Dorset, South West England, which will generate enough electricity to…
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Eco Factor: Chef’s farm grows vegetables indoors.
Dentsu Facility Management Inc. has developed the Chef’s Farm – a small vegetable plant that can be installed indoors. The vegetable plant, which will be released in Japan, is priced at…
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Eco Factor: New electric trains to offer a peak power of 10,000 horsepower and draw over 5 megawatts.
Amtrak is preparing to add as many as 70 electric locomotives to its already existing cluster of trains from 2013 to 2019. The government-owned..
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