Eco Factor: Supermarket proposal will grow food onsite to reduce emissions.
Usually in a supermarket food items are transported from hundreds of miles away before they are sold to the end consumers. Rotterdam-based firm Van Bergen Kolpa Architects.
Park Supermarket by Kolpa Architects will grow food onsite Read More »
Eco Factor: Concept bicycle with unique levitation properties.
All those who love to ride a bike to work always hope that somehow the gravity lowers and they can ease their legs a little bit. While gravity won’t lower in any case, industrial…
Flying Bike concept uses magnetic levitation to challenge gravity Read More »
Eco Factor: Device collects water droplets from thin air.
The United Nations estimates that by the year 2025 more than 66 percent of the world’s population will be suffering from water shortages. Though a waterless future is believed to be…
DropNet Fog Collector provides potable water from thin air and mist Read More »
Eco Factor: Sustainable building designed to generate renewable energy.
Oppenheim’s proposal for a mixed-use tower in U.A.E is designed to maximize the quantity of units on the beach. This new approach will permit the introduction of new unit…
Oppenheim’s Marina + Beach Towers project focuses on sustainability Read More »
Eco Factor: Pavilion designed to be powered by solar energy.
Naco Architectures have unveiled the designs of the Monaco Pavilion that is under construction for the Shanghai World Expo 2010. The building expresses the identity of the client and…
Monaco Pavilion at Shanghai World Expo will be wrapped in sea waves Read More »
Eco Factor: Engineered cactus generates renewable energy using photosynthesis.
In an effort to find new sources of renewable energy, researchers at France’s CNRS have developed a unique biofuel cell that can be inserted into a living cactus to…
CNRS researchers develop biofuel cell for electricity producing cactus Read More »
Eco Factor: Zero-emission armored vehicle runs on electricity.
After the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, Indian soldiers were in need of specialized vehicles that can operate in narrow corridors, hotel lobbies and other confined spaces, either to…
A-TAC is an earth-friendly answer to rising terror threats Read More »
Eco Factor: Low-emission car powered by a hybrid engine.
The Opel Flextreme GT/E is the newest concept by Opel/Vauxhall that has been built on the foundations of the Opel Flextreme concept from 2007. The concept is designed to illustrate the…
Opel’s hybrid Flextreme GT/E to debut at Geneva Motor Show Read More »
Eco Factor: Sustainable spa to be made using recycled materials.
Studio Noach along with Anne Holtrop has designed a floating spa exhibition that will be on display during the Architecture of Consequence in the Netherlands. The spa has been…
Vegetated Floating Spa will become a breeding ground for birds Read More »
Eco Factor: Houseboats designed to be powered by solar energy.
Magma Design has unveiled LoftFloat houseboats for the fluvial surroundings of Barcelona. These unique floating lofts measure 45 square meters and are entirely powered by solar…
Magma Design’s LoftFloats offer sustainable living in fluvial surroundings Read More »
