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Eco Factor: Super-concrete can store solar energy at high temperatures, thereby reducing its cost per kilowatt hour.

The U.S. Department of Energy will give an award of $770,000 to researchers at the University of Arkansas, who are developing a…

Eco Factor: Sustainable homes built in Steamboat Springs.

A “hardheaded” homebuilder, Paul Flood, has shown the world that going green does not require you to go bankrupt. The builder has developed green, solar-powered homes in the city of…

Eco Factor: Efficient, non-electric fireplaces.

Winter season has just started knocking on our doors, and room heating systems are in high demand. In an effort to keep your home warm, the use of electric heating systems not only leaves its mark on.

Eco Factor: Concept three-wheeler powered by a zero-emission hydrogen engine.

Concept car designer André Fangueiro believes that traveling on a congested urban highway can be made much more interesting with cars that are different, compact and…

Eco Factor: Electricity generator gets charged up by turning its wheels.

A Huntington-based company is on a mission to provide a solution for green electricity through a portable gasless and noiseless generator. The result is a machine they call…

Hard to believe that such fine work of art can be materialized from waste, but this simple and elegant angel is crafted from recycled oil drums. It’s a perfect Christmas gift for your eco-conscious friends. This impressive angel with fluttery gold..

Eco Factor: Retrofitted Lotus Exige to run on wind power.

Ecotricity is known for harnessing nature and developing systems that provide green and affordable electricity to all. The energy company has now taken up the task to develop a wind-powered.

Eco Factor: Concept desktop gets powered by the sun.

The LawnPC showed us a way computers could be made green, though the technology used in that PC was a bit too futuristic. Here is a concept monitor that uses current technology to power a…

Eco Factor: Artificial plant generates hydrogen and releases oxygen.

Energy is hard to come by, and the way our 21st century lifestyles have emerged, the scarce reserves of fuel are bound to go extinct in a few decades. Scientists and researches…

Eco Factor: Hybrid car powered by pedals and solar energy.

While solar-powered cars are nothing new when it comes to designing them on paper, an engineering professor, Dr. Tai-Ran Hsu, and his team of some students have developed an electric…