Eco Factor: Sustainable school building harvests solar energy.
Pugh + Scarpa Architects have unveiled the designs of a new school building for Animo Leadership High School that targets to get LEED or CHPS certification. Due to the site’s…
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Eco Factor: Self-sufficient multiple use building powered by renewable energy.
Mostly bamboo is seen as a traditional building material that is no longer in use in many parts of the world. A team of designers at Geotectura is trying to merge the…
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Eco Factor: Universal charger harvests solar energy to charge handheld devices.
MOSeco has unveiled its new ES905 universal charger that has been designed for all those who’re always interested in a camping trip. The universal charger has been…
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Eco Factor: Self-sustainable blimp for military uses harvests solar energy for propulsion.
DARPA is working on a high-altitude reconnaissance and surveillance platform dubbed the Integrated Sensor Is the Structure (ISIS) that will be able to hover.
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Eco Factor: Device monitors energy consumption and helps users conserve.
Tendril has announced that the company will be launching its next generation in-home energy display next week at DistribuTECH, the nation’s leading trade show focused on…
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Eco Factor: Zero-emission bus powered by electric motors.
Students at UT Delft in the Netherlands have come up with a prototype Superbus, which has been designed to make public transportation attractive. The all-electric machine is outfitted with.
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Eco Factor: Self-sustaining tower designed for Olympic Games 2016.
RAFAA Architecture & Design has proposed a self-sustaining tower for the 2016 Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro. Dubbed Solar City Tower, the architecture will help Rio…
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Eco Factor: Concept car powered by electric motors.
The Audi E/0 by designer Constantine Taranova is a futuristic zero-emission vehicle that has been designed for fashionable women of the future who will love to spend their time in a pedestrian…
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Eco Factor: Liquid metal battery made using earth-abundant elements.
The problem with the global adoption of renewable energy is the high cost of the system and the high cost of the batteries that can store surplus power for times when renewable…
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Eco Factor: Sustainable holiday retreat created in the Scottish Highlands.
Zendome in association with Scottish owners, English designers and German furniture designers have created the Ecopod Boutique Retreat on the shore of Loch Linnhe. The…
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