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Eco Factor: Structures created from recycled plastic bottles encourage youth to kick single use plastic water bottles.

Drinking bottled water might keep you in good shape, but the millions of water bottles discarded every day in landfills are…

Eco Factor: Photo luminescent material embedded inside a mirror.

For many power failures, a dark washroom is synonymous to peeing under a streetlight. To keep your privacy intact Sotirios Papadopoulos has developed a light-emitting mirror, which…

Eco Factor: Streetlights that turn on with a cellphone command.

The need to conserve energy has always been backed up technological innovations that take us to a newer world where technology and the environment benefit each other. However, this..

Eco Factor: Solar-powered battery charger.

Discharged dry cells have a serious environmental threat with all those toxic electricity-producing chemicals inside them. But the importance of dry cells in today’s electronic gadgets can’t be ruled..

Eco Factor: Study light powered by solar energy.

Late to realize the importance of renewable energy in today’s world, Indian electronics firm BPL has launched a dependable study light for students studying in remote areas of the country. The…

Eco Factor: Rainwater harvesting system.

Global warming and long lasting dry spells have encouraged one and all to use their creativity to design the most efficient and effective rainwater harvesting system. While some still use an old oil drum to.

Eco Factor: Prefabricated home design to run on solar energy.

Green minds at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture in Arizona have designed a new prefab desert home by merging conventional ecofriendly building practices and modern…

Eco Factor: Largest solar thermal power station in Asia to be built by China.

China is planning to build Asia’s largest solar thermal power station in a Beijing suburb with construction to commence next month. The plant will be able to generate..

Eco Factor: Fuel-efficient, lightweight car.

Taking fuel-efficiency to its utmost limits, some students have designed a new fuel-efficient car dubbed the Maritime Mileage Machine. The car comes with a lightweight body made of Kevlar, an…