Eco Factor: Sustainable development to convert parking lots into urban forests.
As the auto industry is struggling, concrete-covered expanses where car dealerships used to thrive have been converted into desolate wastelands. In California, a…
Osborn Architects proposes energy-generating urban forest for California Read More »
Eco Factor: Prototype vehicle with a highly fuel-efficient engine.
While 50mpg might sound wonderful to some, check out this vehicle built by a team of student designers from Laval University in Quebec, Canada. The vehicle which took the grand…
Student-built fuel-efficient car rules Shell Eco-Marathon with 2475.5 MPG Read More »
The rise in the demand for renewable energy has made researchers think about alternatives for solar and wind generators, which can provide continuous energy to the proposed “Smart Grids” of the future. Harvesting solar power from space might be a.
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Eco Factor: Solar installation to generate up to 1.84MW of renewable energy.
Toyota has officially inaugurated the solar panel park on the roof of Toyota Parts Center Europe (TPCE). Covering about 80,000sqm, the solar installation is the one of…
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Eco Factor: Concept generator creates electricity from wind.
Designed by Embossed Design, the Zephyr wind generator has been conceptualized to cater to the ever growing demand for electricity. The wind generator provides electricity in a cleaner..
Embossed Designs’ Zephyr wind generator caters to expanding energy demands Read More »
Eco Factor: Zero-emission concept car powered by electric motors.
The BMW Sequence GT by Seungmo Lim, a graduate student at Pforzheim University in Germany, is an all-electric concept vehicle that takes only a minute to refuel. The vehicle’s…
BMW Sequence GT all-electric concept features swappable batteries Read More »
Eco Factor: Solar cells to capture sunlight from any direction or angle.
Kyosemi Corporation has unveiled tiny spherical solar cells that can be used to create energy harvesting windows in the not-so-distant future. The Sphelar solar cells are…
Kyosemi Corporation debuts Sphelar solar cells for energy harvesting windows Read More »
Eco Factor: Scientist estimates a 3 degree decline in global temperatures by blowing bubbles in oceans.
The steep rise in global temperatures has made scientists all over the globe think about possible ways to reduce the effects of global warming..
Introducing bubbles into oceans could curb the rate of global warming Read More »
Eco Factor: Sustainable garden office better energy-efficiency.
The O-Pod is a energy-efficient structure developed by the designers behind the EcoHab super efficient dome-shaped house. The O-Pod offers a sustainable space for a garden office,…
O-Pod sustainable garden office minimizes energy consumption Read More »
Eco Factor: Megayacht propelled by a solar hybrid engine.
We frequently report about yachts that have adopted new technologies to reduce their carbon footprint. While most of them just aim to reduce emissions, this one from Sauter Zero Carbon…
Sauter Zero Carbon Design to develop the world’s first carbon-neutral megayacht Read More »
