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Eco Tech: Curapipe develops little pigs to fix leaks in water pipes

Anupam — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:17:05 +0000

Eco Factor: Spongy devices detect leaks in water pipes and fix them. The World Bank estimates that on an average about 88 billion liters of water is lost through urban pipes each day due to hairline cracks in water pipes, in both rich...

Eco Gadgets: Eden Mist shower saves water each time you cleanse yourself

Anupam — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:21:30 +0000

Eco Factor: Concept shower designed to cut water consumption. When water conservation is a demand, cutting down on shower use could be a beneficial solution. However, there is no dearth of ecofriendly showers and concepts that let you enjoy a...

Let your kids go green with Mons Lavabo monster washbasin

Rajni — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:51:00 +0000

Seems designers around the world are in quest to make kids too go green. Spanish designers Teng Chuan Tey and Romualdo Faura Bernabe have designed a washbasin to make your kids go green in a playful way. Dubbed Mons Lavabo it’s a monster...

Mexicans urged to treat water like 'One of the Family'

Oscar — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:42:48 +0000

President Felipe Calderon and the National Water Commission recently launched a new campaign in dire effort to raise critical awareness in water conservation. Mexico is facing its worst drought in 69 years with poor rainfall depleting...

Eco Tech: Hydro Engineering’s Instant Car Wash system conserves water

Anupam — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:19:56 +0000

Eco Factor: Car wash system recycles water. Utah-based Hydro Engineering has already got a name for itself by developing “green” water systems that save water from flowing down the drain when it can easily be recycled and reused. The...

Eco Tech: Man builds rainwater harvesting system to capture 20,000 gallons of water

Anupam — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:56:24 +0000

Eco Factor: Rainwater harvesting system capable of capturing over 20,000 gallons of rainwater. For many of us rainwater harvesting is nothing more than storing rainwater in a tank that could be used for irrigating the plants in our garden once...

Eco Tech: Researcher hopes to clean radioactive waste with stinky bacterium

Anupam — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:16:52 +0000

Eco Factor: Bacterium converts heavy metals in water into inert substances. According to the EPA there are more than 1000 sites around the United States that are contaminated with radioactive waste. While cleaning radioactive waste is...

Eco Gadgets: Dual-mode wall basin mixer concept could dramatically reduce water wastage

Anupam — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:12:26 +0000

Eco Factor: Water saving wall basin mixer concept uses a stone to reduce the amount of water being released. Other than the demands for cheap and renewable energy, the world today needs solutions to reduce water wastage during everyday...

Eco Gadgets: H2Orb prevents toilets from wasting water

Anupam — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:21:44 +0000

Eco Factor: Water saving device monitors flushes and prevents leaks and wastage. An unattended running toilet can use more than 6000 gallons of water in just one day, which is much more than the average consumption of a normal household. A...

Eco Gadgets: Partial Washer – Solar-powered washer conserves water

Anupam — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:29:29 +0000

Eco Factor: Water-saving clothes washer runs on solar energy. Designed by industrial designer Rong Yong and Jiang Qian, the Partial Washer not only allows you to save gallons of precious water that is mostly wasted in washing clothes, but...