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Eco Factor: Christmas tree created from recycled materials.

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects has designed a sustainable Christmas tree for developer Igloo, which will be displayed at the Bermondsey Square in London. The ecofriendly Christmas tree is.

Eco Factor: Sustainable development to harvest renewable energy and rainwater.

With a population of about 500,000 inhabitants, the Gold Cost is expected to grow at a rate of 16,000 inhabitants each year, doubling the population by 2030….

Eco Factor: New research points at solar panels that are up to 67% more efficient.

Scientists at Boston College have built solar cells that successfully use hot electrons to increase the cell’s power output, which could be used as a concept for.

Eco Factor: Sustainable city proposal to get powered by renewable energy.

It is predicted that by the year 2020 the city of Gothenburg will grow with 8000 new inhabitants each year. Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture has started a project to design..

Eco Factor: Artificial leaf, to water plants automatically.

We all love to have some plants in our living rooms, but watering them regularly is a different issue altogether. Industrial designer Jacky Wu has come up with a concept device that makes.

Eco Factor: Self-sufficient pavilion harvests solar energy.

BIOS Architects are proposing to build a self-sufficient pavilion inspired by the self organization and symbiotic behavior of coral. Coral is known to exist in a widely varied form and…

Eco Factor: Sustainable office building relies on renewable energy for heat and power.

Sauerbruch Hutton has been announced the winner of the international competition to design a new home for Hamburg’s BSU office of urban development and…

Eco Factor: Pavilion designed to make the best of natural resources.

Shanghai Expo 2010 will see the largest ever Japanese Pavilion covering an area of about 6000-square-meters. The 24m high pavilion will also be among the largest pavilions at the.

Eco Factor: Road printing machine runs on solar energy.

The Road Printer by industrial designer Hoyoung Lee, Doyoung Kim and Hongju Kim is a conceptual device that can be used to print signs onto the road surface by harvesting solar energy by an..

Eco Factor: CEA partners with EarthEra for the implementation of sustainable solutions.

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has partnered with EarthEra to implement sustainable and energy-efficient solutions at the 2010 International CES…