Lightbulbs made of Paper
Designer Tien-Ho Hsu has come up with a concept idea to reduce the amount of waste created by lightbulbs and their packaging. The solution, as this design presents, is emulsion-covered paper that glows when hooked up to an electricity source.
WAF 2011 building of the year
The fact that Cloud 9’s Media-TIC in Barcelona has topped 700 buildings from around the world to take WAF’s ‘World Building of the Year’ award is an encouraging sign for green building. This is digitally designed per-formative architecture where each facade responds to different environmental conditions.
Eco Whisper Turbine
The Eco Whisper Turbine eliminates the noise and vibration of traditional three bladed wind turbines. It is revolutionizing the small wind turbine market with its unique design and aesthetic appeal.
3 Automakers with U-M Solar Car Team to create cars of the Future
GM, Ford and Chrysler are all working closely with engineering students from the University of Michigan Solar Car Team to create viable green cars for the future.
Nest- the Learning Thermostat
‘Father’ of the iPod unveils new gadget after ten years – and it’s… a thermostat. Nest learns from your temperature adjustments, programs itself to keep you comfortable, and guides you to energy savings. You can control the thermostat from anywhere using a smartphone, tablet or laptop, and Nest never stops learning, even as your life and the seasons change.
German Trains will run on Renewable Energy by 2050
Germany already runs on 20% renewable energy. Now Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s national railway operator, has announced plans to run all of its trains on 100%renewable energy by the year 2050.
Europeans are more worried about the Environment than the Economic crisis
A new poll indicates that two out of three Europeans see climate change as a more serious problem than the global economic crisis. Sixty-eight percent of those polled saw climate change as a very serious problem (up from 64 percent in 2009), while 80 percent saw it as either ‘very serious’ or ‘fairly serious’.
Film turns windows into transparent Solar panels
3M has developed a see-through film that turns ordinary windows into solar panels. It will go on sale next year. The solar film, on display at the Ceatec electronics conference in Japan, is arrayed in narrow, translucent green strips with clear gaps between and then glued to windows in large patches.
World largest Solar Bridge in London
London’s largest solar roof is now under construction — and it’s set on a bridge! The massive 6,000 square meter array photovoltaic array is currently being installed by Solarcentury on the Victorian-era Blackfriars Bridge in London.
Torresol Energy Gemasolar
The Torresol Energy Gemasolar thermasolar plant in Fuentes de Andalucia near Seville, southern Spain. Gemasolar is the first commercial-scale plant to apply central tower receiver and molten salt heat storage technology.
