After playing all sorts of high jinks with a working 37-year-old Volkswagen Beetle, the engineering students at the University of B.C., Vancouver, have finally decided to transform the gas-guzzler into an electric machine. They hope to drive the car..
Anyone with an eye for the natural world will surely appreciate the inherent, potential charisma of the forsaken, frozen pieces of vast glaciers floating above the waters. Since it is never possible for all to sense that enormity, grace and beauty in.
Arlington’s Silicon Energy has designed a solar panel that is sleeker and hides the clutter of ugly wires and opaque padding to give a cleaner look. The new, better-looking product by the company is strong, safe and durable. The state’s first solar…
Having recently installed 10 solar panels below the terrace and a proposed vertical axis wind turbine, now the revolving restaurant atop La Bemeuse in Leysin is greener than ever. Le Kuklos (located 2048 meters above the sea level) makes one…
A new and unbelievable pop-art design for the Taipei Pop Music Center has been proposed recently. Proposed by Nabito Architects, the enthralling design amalgamates a photovoltaic facade and a wall clad in LED panels. Completely powered by the sun,…
Where the green thinkers from the world over are turning vacant spaces into green zones, the BCA (Building and Construction Authority) Academy has added another aspect to it in retrofitting Singapore’s and the world’s first Zero Energy Building…
A new green complex will soon house students in Florida. Dinerstein Companies is on its way to open a new complex called “Sterling Central” in August 2010. Located across from UCF on Alafaya Trail, the eco-friendly structure will be…
Llama-herding communities of Misa Rumi in Argentina do not need to resort to deforestation to cook and heat their soups and stews anymore. A green initiative by the EcoAndina Foundation, a local NGO, is installing solar showers and donating…
Three months back, we tried to implore if hemp and straw could be the part of modern architecture. No, there’s nothing impractical in thinking into this perspective as students at Pittsburgh State University are actually doing good in building an…
Not being a staunch believer in the green movement, Mario Steiner from Austria has still managed to make ecofriends consider his ingenuity. Just recently, he came up with the world’s first hybrid horse carriage that has a 48-volt electrical motor to..