Eco Factor: Green roofed sustainable building with natural surroundings.
Prague-based architects Chalupa Architekti have won a competition to design the new Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington DC, USA. Exhibiting deep connection with the…
Chalupa Architekti places Czech Embassy in the lap of nature Read More »
Eco Factor: Offshore wind farm uses direct-drive wind turbines.
There is no denying that offshore wind power in the Great Lakes holds great potential, so to drive further growth of the industry GE and the non-profit Lake Erie Energy Development…
GE collaborates with LEEDCo to give US its first freshwater offshore wind farm Read More »
Eco Factor: Sustainable solar powered home made from shipping containers.
Rapid industrialization and our quest to possess the latest in technology leave an everlasting impact on the environment. Researchers over the globe have now recognized that.
Ecogaria shipping container home gets powered by solar energy Read More »
Eco Factor: New technology to generate fuel from carbon dioxide emissions.
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are developing a new technology to convert carbon dioxide into transportation fuels using solar energy and special…
UMass Amherst researchers develop new process to convert CO2 to fuel Read More »
Eco Factor: New catalyst helps fuel cells generate 12 times more current and last 10 times longer.
Chemists at Brown University have improved the credentials of fuel cells by replacing pure-platinum catalysts with a nanoparticle consisting of a…
Chemists develop longer lasting fuel cells with iron-platinum catalyst Read More »
Eco Factor: Sustainable tower designed featuring public garden and a sky deck.
The Castle in the Sky is a concept tower proposal by Paris-based Atelier Ramdam Architects to be constructed in Latina, Italy. The slender architecture has been…
‘Castle in the Sky’ tower creates rain from vaporized water Read More »
Eco Factor: Eco-friendly mobile phone designed to harvest renewable energy.
The Aeolus Phone concept by industrial designer Cyrene Quiamco has been created to reduce the burden on the grid and allow users to charge their devices anywhere at any…
Aeolus phone concept recharges with wind and solar energy Read More »
Eco Factor: Zero-emission bike powered by solar energy.
Built by Giant, this is the “Stilletto” chopper bike, which gets powered by a brushless hub motor fueled by a 36V battery pack. The bike features a modular solar panel array of 36V…
‘Stilletto’ chopper bike runs clean on renewable solar energy Read More »
Eco Factor: Sustainable high-rise building constructed using recycled material.
It is one hell of a task for designers to construct a structure that incorporates advanced green technologies to meet terms with sustainability and set example for…
NY’s second-tallest building wins highest ‘green’ certification Read More »
Eco Factor: Sustainable development collects rainwater and solar energy.
The Bushwick Inlet Park by Kiss + Cathcart Architects is the remaking of the Greenpoint – Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn, NY, from a decaying industrial strip to a…
Bushwick Inlet Park to transform decaying industrial strip to a public park Read More »
