Eco Factor: Helium-filled zeppelin powered by solar panels spread across its top.
Air travel has earned a bad name in the transportation industry for being the most polluting means of commuting. Looks like industrial designer Thomas Tzortzi is…
Solar-powered Eunoia airship offers mesmerizing view on luxurious eco-trip Read More »
Eco Factor: Grass-clad hotel combines sustainability with surrounding landscape.
MVRDV, a name known to blend architecture, urbanism and landscape design together is here yet again to stun us with a luxury holiday resort that is disguised as a…
Galije: Luxury resort camouflages as lush green hill Read More »
Eco Factor: Zero-emission concept vehicle powered by electricity.
Auto designer Anand Krishnan believes that in the future it will nearly be impossible to drive fast. The rise in the number of cars on the road will clog highways and the only way..
Thinq concept EV is for traffic congested cities of the future Read More »
Eco Factor: Flexible cooking panel concept powered by renewable solar energy.
Industrial designer Njegos Lakic is envisioning the future of cooking appliances, when systems that are safe and green will rule the market. The designer has come up…
Electrolux Invico solar-powered cooking plate cooks food on any surface Read More »
Eco Factor: Sustainable house designed to minimize energy consumption.
Architects at Della Valle Bernheimer in collaboration with Architecture Research Office have designed a prototype residence that will help homeowners reduce their utility…
Della Valle Bernheimer and ARO design energy-efficient R-House Read More »
Eco Factor: New technology stores energy from wind power using isothermal compression.
US federal agency ARPA-E has awarded a grant worth up to $750,000 to a startup called General Compression to conduct research on transformative energy…
ARPA-E grants funds to develop technology for wind power storage Read More »
Eco Factor: Temporary installation to be made using recycled PVC.
BIG Architects believe that building something new in order to tear it down a couple of months later is an epitome of excess and wastefulness. Rather than building temporary…
BIG designs P.S.1 temporary installation from recycled materials Read More »
Eco Factor: Solar lawm mower uses sunlight to cut the grass.
You can only take up land mowing business over weekends on two counts: firstly, the laborious task helps you shed a couple of pounds and secondly, the self done act is guaranteed to be..
Flow Cut solar lawn mower does the cutting while you put your feet up and relax Read More »
Eco Factor: Self-sustainable robot with an artificial gut to digest food.
Researchers at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory have developed an autonomous robot, which includes an artificial gut to digest its meal and generate energy. Dubbed Ecobot…
UK researchers develop autonomous robot that eats sewage Read More »
Eco Factor: Sustainable house powered entirely by renewable energy.
Spanish company Think CO2 has created modular prefabricated homes that run entirely on renewable solar energy. Dubbed NoEm – No Emission House, the unit incorporates UNI-SOLAR..
Think CO2’s NoEm prefabricated house gets powered entirely by solar energy Read More »
