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Eco Factor: Sustainable office building gets powered by solar energy.

The world’s largest solar-powered building has been unveiled in Dezhou, Shangdong Province in northwest China. The 75,000-square-meter office building is based on the sun dial.

Eco Factor: Ecofriendly service station captures solar energy and saves water.

The Emirates National Oil Company is planning to open the Middle East’s first ecofriendly service station that will be equipped with state-of-the-art environmental…

Eco Factor: Solar farm to generate 80MW of renewable power.

Enbridge Inc. and First Solar have announced an agreement to expand the Sarnia Solar Project in Canada from its current generation capacity of 20MW to 80MW. The upgrade would cost about..

Eco Factor: Concept lamp designed to run on solar energy.

With the world looking for possible ways to fuel our future generations with clean energy, industrial designers are leaving no stone unturned to show us a glimpse of a green world where…

Eco Factor: Renewable energy to power Tivoli Amusement Park.

With the UN Climate Change Conference already in full swing in Copenhagen, the city is setting an example in sustainable technologies with its famous amusement park, Tivoli, announcing..

Eco Factor: Demonstration project for containerized housing.

Danish architecture firm MAPT has unveiled a stunning COP 15 pavilion that has been entirely constructed from recycled materials including shipping containers, to coincide with the UN…

Eco Factor: Wind farm expected to generate 845MW of renewable power.

GE Energy has announced that the company will be supply 338 wind turbines to Caithness Energy, which will be used to drive one of the largest wind farms in the world located in..

Eco Factor: Mobile home built using 40-foot shipping containers.

All those who have any experience in either living or constructing shipping container homes, know that the limiting factor is not the length but the width, which makes the home look.

Eco Factor: Concept fruit cooler relies on water evaporation.

While refrigerators have replaced traditional means to keep fruits and veggies fresh, the rise in demand for appliances that conserve energy has tempted industrial designers to go…

Eco Factor: Two-seat all-electric trike.

Myers Motors showcased it all-electric two-seat trike, the NMG2, which is a face-lifted version of the NMG Sparrow, in October, and is already preparing to take pre-orders with some attractive discounts as..