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Eco-Factor: sustainable design reduces the need for mechanical heating and cooling thereby saving energy.

Designer Erick Van Egeraat design for the 32,000 m2 Corporate University planned for Russia’s largest and oldest bank, Sberbank has been.

Eco-Factor: Solar powered electric assist bicycle trailer takes a musician on tour.

With Kristin Rule’s new album release round the corner, the cellist who creates music with an environmental edge has planned a music tour with that is equally…

Eco Factor: New electric racecar sports lightweight carbon fiber body.

Brigham Young University is on a quest to set a speed record for the E-1 class and its partner to fulfill the dream is an electric streamliner. Unveiled recently, the special…

Eco Factor: Cellphones made from new form of bio-plastic.

NEC has announced the development of a new kind of bio-plastic that can be used to make mobile phones. The bio-plastic is 70 percent cellulose and cardanol, a primary component of cashew…

Eco Factor: Urinal and sink combo concept uses gray water to cleanse the urinal basin.

Peeing and washing hands in the same urinal stand sounds a little bizarre to me, but I have no clue how are you guys going to react to this. Designer Yeongwoo…

Eco Factor: Zero-emission vehicle powered by an electric engine.

The Follow Me concept electric vehicle has been designed to better postal delivery services in inner city. The compact vehicle helps delivery agencies sneak through congested city…

Eco Factor: Temporary water polo venue cloaked in a PVC membrane will reduce water consumption by 40%.

Enthusiasm, excitement, thrill and curiosity is what one experiences during the Olympic Games. But, this time it also gets special venue for…

Eco Factor: Sustainable mixed-use development generates renewable energy.

The J1 Residential Tower by O1a Architecture has been designed as a sustainable high-rise on the Cornice in Abu Dhabi. The biodynamic project is a mixed-use development that.

Eco Factor: Battery swapping system to make EVs practical.

Better Place, in collaboration with the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of Japan’s METI and Nihon Kotsu Co., is testing the viability of battery swapping systems in Tokyo. The…

Eco Factor: Plan to install solar panels on highways.

Scott Brusaw, an electrical engineer based in Sagle, Idaho, believes that adding solar panels on rooftops will only be able to generate up to 2 percent of the total electricity demands in the…