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Eco Factor: Solar chargers for golf carts.

SunCatcher has launched a new range of solar panels that can be installed on all major golf cart brands for on-the-move charging. The panels are to be installed on the cart’s roof and they will charge…

Eco Factor: Renewable energy generating bicycle design.

Bikes are the greenest way to commute from one place to another. Being zero-emission and a healthy way to commute won’t be the only characteristics of biking in the future, when designers…

Eco Factor: Recycled lamp made from old floppy disks.

In an era where USB drives are hitting record capacities every week, the era dominated by floppy disks is long gone and forgotten. But most eco-minded geeks don’t really want to say goodbye…

Eco Factor: Energy conscious dishwasher.

Dishwashers make our lives easy, but that ease comes at the cost of a huge amount of water and energy, the two things which should be conserved for a better tomorrow. Recently we saw a compact dishwasher…

Eco Factor: Hotel rooms crafted from recycled wine casks.

Drinking wine is the passion of millions of people worldwide, however, if you love wine more than anything else in the world, then the De Vrouwe van Stavoren Hotel in the Netherlands would..

Eco Factor: Ingenious plan to cover the Sahara with solar panels to generate clean electricity for Europe.

Research estimates that if every square inch of the Earth is covered with solar panels, then the energy generated in one minute would be…

Eco Factor: Sustainable house designed by Gigaplex Architects.

Gigaplex Architects have designed a new bachelor pad for a man and his weekend visitors who want to spend the weekend in the cozy comfort of nature. Dubbed the Monte-Silo House, the…

Eco Factor: Architecture made from recycled shipping containers.

The “Oesterreichischer Platz” located at the edge of Stuttgart city center has been used as a parking spot for over 40 years and is seen as a place with no significant…

Eco Factor: Boeing 747’s engine used in a luxury bed.

Recently we got to know about some buffs converting an old Boeing 747 into a luxury hostel, in a way saving it from being broken down and polluting the environment in not one but many ways….

Eco Factor: Pedal-powered hang glider.

Though we’ve seen many unconventional machines running on the trustworthy pedal-power, we have to say that pedals do suit bikes the most. Still, some designers and builders want to take pedaling a step…