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Eco Factor: New sports pavilion with grass-covered slopes and LED lighting.

Designed by MoederscheimMoonen Architects, the “Sports Pavilion” will see sensational, sweaty men from two soccer clubs in Rotterdam, The Netherlands give plenty of…

Eco Factor: New line of exploration submarines powered by lithium-ion battery.

Coming from the house of the Dutch luxury submarine manufacturer U-Boat Worx, the “C-Explorers” are here to beat the already existing C-Quester models by a…

Eco Factor: Whitelee wind farm to add turbines with power capacity of 1.67 MW each.

Europe’s largest onshore wind farm will soon be welcoming another 75 turbines to add to its renewable energy generation. ScottishPower Renewables is planning a…

Eco Factor: Zero carbon island powered by wind, solar and waste energy.

Designers at EFFEKT have unveiled plans to transform the 2200 hectare Gaedeokdo Island in South Korea into a sustainable, zero carbon island that can serve as a modern…

Eco Factor: Self-powered turnstile concept.

You might have passed through hundreds of turnstiles in shopping malls or subway stations without figuring out any other uses of the system. The VIVA Design Team at the Guangdong University of Technology.

Eco Factor: Light uses water from a stream to generate energy.

Governments over the globe spend handsomely on maintaining night lights for the inner city streams, in order to make perilous rivers safe for the residents. Korean industrial designer..

Eco Factor: Efficient solar panels made from GFP from jellyfish.

Researchers at the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, are planning to produce inexpensive solar panels using protein from jellyfish. The photovoltaic device…

Eco Factor: Life Sack utilizes SODIS clever technology to filter out impurities from the water.

Reasons could be many, poverty, lack of resources, agricultural runoff or improper use of household chemicals, but all of them lead to just one thing,..

Eco Factor: Sustainable house grows its own green roof.

The recent disastrous floods in Pakistan have encouraged eco-conscious architect Andrew Maynard to design a sustainable instant housing solution that can help local residents. Christened the..

Eco Factor: Mini Park simulates nature in dense urban environment.

Parc Disponible by Stefan Gyzl is a project that aims at balancing the proportion of built to natural experience for an ordinary individual living in a crowded urban environment…