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Eco Factor: Low-emission hybrid yacht generates renewable energy.

China’s first green superyacht, the Yihong – Sea Stella, has made its maiden trip in Xiamen. The sustainable 63ft yacht includes photovoltaic panels on the top, which generates..

Eco Factor: Voice phone booths to harness renewable solar energy.

Google has taken an all-new approach to promote its new Google Voice feature inside Gmail by constructing several retro-styled British phone booths that will offer adorable, green…

Eco Factor: Couture dress made from computer ribbon wire addresses recycling problems.

Fashion is no longer about stylish clothing. It has gone beyond that to address the waste problem around us, in particular the electronic waste. We have…

Eco Factor: Garden made from recycled polymers harvests rainwater.

Urban gardening is becoming increasingly important as rapid urbanization clears green spaces and causes spread of urban heat islands. Stylish gardeners’ fond of integrating…

Eco Factor: Stone-walled house with mesmerizing sea view.

Designed by Greek firm Deca Architecture, the “Aloni” is a house designed as a dual response to the particular topography of the site and to the rural domestication techniques that in…

Eco Factor: LG to put 9.7-inch color, 19-inch flexible e-paper displays into production.

You may soon get to see a new generation of color and flexible e-paper coming from LG Display. According to a recent SEC filing, the company is expecting to…

Eco Factor: Concept car powered by electricity.

Replacing conventional gas engines from a car gives designers the freedom to test unusual vehicles that can have any shape to please their future owners. We’ve seen a variety of concept electric…

Eco Factor: Artwork created from old circuit boards.

With our over dependence on handheld gadgets, which succumb as soon as a better one is available, discarded circuits boards keep on asking more landfill space. While many of us don’t really…

Eco Factor: Solar power plants to generate 1.25GW of renewable electric power.

Constructing large-scale solar power plants in the deserts makes sense due to the number of sunny days in these arid areas. Recognizing the true potential of solar…

Eco Factor: Vegetable Stadium made from reused wooden fruit crates and fruits.

Here’s an interesting idea for all the vegetable vendors on how to best utilize the wooden crate boxes that keep piling alongside on daily basis. Dutch artist Helmut.