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Eco Factor: Chandelier made from broken glass bottles.

Canadian designer Eric Sauvé is giving a new look to broken glass, by converting all those sharp glass bits into a stunning chandelier to grace your indoors in a sustainable fashion. With a..

Eco Factor: Drive-through system powered by solar energy.

LCNB Bank has installed what is being touted to be the world’s first solar-powered drive-through system. Built by E.F. Bavis and Associates Inc, the system is equipped with a solar panel..

Eco Factor: Energy saving springs made from carbon nanotubes could save energy for a longer period of time without any loss of performance.

Researchers at MIT have suggested that carbon nanotubes, if used as springs could store energy in a more…

Eco Factor: Energy-saving hydroponic indoor planting system.

Hydroponic indoor gardens are great for those who want a touch of green in their homes without adding to the mess with soil. However, most hydroponic indoor gardens aren’t that good…

Eco Factor: Tower equipped with algae-filled eco pods to produce bio-fuel.

The demand for fuel and the criticism growing food crops for fuel has faced, architects have started envisioning structure that will be equipped with algae to produce…

Eco Factor: Sustainable facilities and state-of-the-art data center to help reduce carbon emissions.

eBay has announced its first greenhouse gas emissions reduction project, which will help the company reduce over 15% emissions by 2012. The target.

Eco Factor: Concept boat runs on fuel-cell.

DreamBoat concept is a collective work by designer Matthieu Tarrit and his two friends, Alexandre Lecointre and Julien Marie. It’s a 12-meters motor boat propelled by two electric engines connected with..

Eco Factor: Concept bike can harness renewable energy in a number of ways.

For many people the biking experience is exhausting, especially when the tough climbs are ahead. Therefore, designer Chen Chun Tung has put forth a wonderful idea in the..

Eco Factor: Concept car runs on a zero emission 1000 cc electric engine. Nature is the best thing to derive inspiration from and varieties of creations that can be found in it are incomparable. Taking advantage of this very aspect of nature, designer

Eco Factor: Research aims at technology that will produce hydrogen from solar power and produces water instead of carbon emissions.

Materials science and engineering assistant professor Dane Morgan and Ph.D. student Edward (Ted) Holby are putting..