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Eco Factor: Concept homes made from recycled shipping containers.

Reusing shipping containers for new homes isn’t a new concept and there have been one-too-many designs that let you live a green life in a home with recycled bones. Group41 is…

Eco Factor: Solar energy generating system easily incorporates into existing infrastructure.

Adding solar panels into the existing electrical infrastructure of your home isn’t easy, especially if you’re trying to go green the conventional…

Eco Factor: Generating renewable energy from heated pavement.

While some researchers are working on technology to install solar panels on roads to provide renewable energy, researchers at Novotech and two Massachusetts universities are working on..

Eco Factor: Revolving restaurant in Switzerland uses solar energy.

Leysin’s revolving restaurant “Le Kuklos” will now offer panoramic views of La Berneuse with a system powered entirely by solar energy. The restaurant, constructed at a height…

Eco Factor: Charging station for electric vehicles to run on solar energy.

Toyota Industries Corp has announced that the company is developing electric vehicle charging stations that won’t drain the grid, but will rely on the abundant energy of..

Eco Factor: Ever-changing media wall designed to be powered by solar energy.

Nabito Architects have proposed a stunning media wall to grace the Taipei Pop Music Center that integrates a photovoltaic façade to power LED panels. The ever-changing…

Eco Factor: Concept yacht designed to be powered by a magnetically levitated wind turbine.

Lila-Lou has unveiled the designs of their latest Ankida sailing yacht that will be powered by wind. The concept is cradled within the bow-like…

Eco Factor: Sustainable city center to minimize energy and water usage.

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) have recently been awarded the contract to design a sustainable Central Business District in Beijing that will help eliminate 215,000 tons..

Eco Factor: World’s biggest carbon capture and sequestration project to be developed by GE.

General Electric Oil and Gas has struck a $400 million deal with the developers of the Gorgon natural gas project, where the company will help capture…

Eco Factor: BREEAM Outstanding certified office design to generate renewable energy.

Architectural firm Stride Treglown’s new Cardiff office has become the first project to be awarded a BREEAM Outstanding certificate at the design stage. The..