Eco Factor: Concept rescue vehicle powered by a low-emission hybrid engine.
The CARV Mountain Rescue Vehicle by designer Matt Hardman is an environmentally-friendly vehicle that runs on a low-emission hybrid engine. The vehicle has been inspired…
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Eco Factor: Power Wellies with power generating sole convert heat into electric current.
Orange has been working on sustainable ways to help recharge your personal electronic devices for quite some time now. The company earlier created the…
Orange Power Wellies to charge cellphones using heat from your feet Read More »
Eco Factor: Nanowire generators could power medical devices using human organs.
Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a method that could lead to powering medical devices powered by the patient’s own heart. What they…
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Eco Factor: Sustainable home with green roofs and photovoltaic system.
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of a flood? Well, countless images of damaged vegetation, broken vehicles, ruined houses and homeless people. To..
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Eco Factor: Sustainable house powered by renewable solar energy.
The Cubolar House by industrial designer Edward Castro is a futuristic house conceptualized for the world of 2050. The sustainable house borrows characteristics of traditional homes.
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Eco Factor: Wind and solar power to increase energy production by 35 percent without addition infrastructure.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory sees great potential in wind and solar energy. A recent study by the laboratory has shown that…
Study: Renewable energy could power 35 percent of the Western States by 2017 Read More »
Eco Factor: Sustainable self-sufficient cities with residential and commercial spaces.
With not much land to spare, the future of housing and commercial developments seems to be in the sky. This concept is the driving force behind the proposals…
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Eco Factor: Biomass gasification system generates electricity from rice husks.
With billions of people residing in rural areas of the world still striving for some electrons to brighten their lives, a team of Indian inventors have developed a…
Husk Power System powers 12,000 households in rural India Read More »
Eco Factor: Energy-efficient house gets powered by renewable solar energy.
The Tongji House is the creation of students at the Tongji University in China that runs entirely on energy harvested from the sun. The sustainable house carries 317…
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Eco Factor: CO2 emissions can be reduced by lowering speed limit.
A study by the Dutch consultancy CE Delft shows that CO2 emissions could be trimmed down by 30% in the Netherlands if the highway speed limits are set to 80 kilometer per hour. This.
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