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With massive solar power plants mushrooming up in various corners of the world, it isn’t surprising to see one more such eco-power plant come up just outside Las Vegas. Developed by BrightSource Energy, it is a 1200 MW solar thermal power facility…

A solar heater sounds in sync with its name and function but when I pen the words “solar ice-maker,” it sounds a bit unrealistic. Goes against the general notion that the sun’s power would melt ice, not freeze water. However, a team of engineering stud

The concept of cooling has been known to mankind for ages, but the thought of corrugated galvanized iron sheets and sisal sack fabric to create a cooling system to cool camel milk created in Somalia is outstanding! It’s a very uncomplicated and…

The concept of a green gym is not new, but having more and more gymnasiums adopting this technique certainly is a pleasant surprise. We humans are always trying to figure out interesting ways to utilize renewable energy, and this gave rise to…

Here’s a good way to get that wooden furniture you’ve always wanted without a guilty conscience. The very aptly named “Rising from Ashes: Furniture from Lost Trees” was recently unveiled at the Morton Arboretum and will be on display through…

The only reason why I stop my kids from venturing out in the sun for some fun-filled action is the harshness of UV rays. Sun is considered next to god, at least for eco-folks, as everything can be powered with its ever-available, unrestricted energy….

Allow the breeze to take you on a smooth ride on a lazy Sunday morning. I am not penning any poetic lines and I seriously mean what I just wrote. “Brisa” is the Spanish word for “breeze,” and fitted with a seat and wheels it becomes Seat Brisa, a…

A car concept that keeps the environment at the forefront and has the best interest at its core for urban life is how Streamlife can be described. It is a concept that is custom-made for urban areas with its special defense mechanism working against incr

The eco-friendly LoCO2PC from Akhter Computers is the first British computer to achieve the Energy Star 4.0 qualification. It also uses the low energy high power Intel Core 2 Duo processor range which runs up to 3GHZ. The LCD built screen along with the

Sometime back we had featured a bacteria killing trash can, but now there is a more efficient and effective way of getting rid of garbage. Mastermind Masatake Nishikawa created Drog, the newest technique of putting good use to food waste and other compo