Frankfurt is getting prepared to greet visitors, exhibitors and journalists to Light + Building 2010. The event that is scheduled from April 11 to 16, 2010 will be the only innovation platform of its kind for energy efficient products and systems….
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Raffi Holzer and Mark Stauber, physics students at Yeshiva University, wish to celebrate the Jewish Festival of Lights (Hanukkah) in their own unique way. They have made a wind-powered menorah, i.e. a four-foot-wide and four-feet-tall contraption…
Hong Kong did it a long time back, and now solar golfing has announced its advent in the US. Now, the American golfers will find the game greener than it was ever since some inventors have suggested, and have actually supplied the golf carts with…
Well, they were on the Earth itself before they joined the Green School, but never did they feel such a connection to their ecological roots. The school made of bamboo has open classrooms covered by roofs of alang-alang, while the campus is speckled..
The U.S. is on the verge of a water supply crisis. The sole reason behind this precipice is the two million miles of aging water mains that are difficult to maintain. In order to deal with the problem, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Technology…
Bicycles themselves come with a green tag, but what if we could make them even greener. In an effort by the Berkeley County Solid Waste Authority (BCSWA) and “Bikes for the World”, this is exactly what we will see. The two have signed an…
All set to support 900,000 residents by 2030, the Gold Coast in Australia will develop a 16.5-hectare futuristic city to house some of them. Thanks to a sterling design proposed by the Sydney-based architectural firm Super Colossal that won them the..
Waste Management Inc., has donated a solar-powered trash compactor to Oceanside in a effort to encourage municipalities across the country to buy them. The company under its demonstration program will install many of these eco-friendly compactors in..
The Hulbert Group has successfully completed its urban multi-family residential project in downtown Victoria. Dubbed the ‘Parkside Victoria’, the 126-suite mixed-use housing project is an amalgamation of relaxing environment and sustainability….
It is tragic to see North America’s largest freshwater fish standing on the verge of extinction. Although numerous attempts are being made to save the toothless beast, but all in vain. Now officials hope to deflect extinction by throwing more water.