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Eco Factor: Desalination plant provides fresh water for Sharem al Shiekh city.
Being in Egypt is great from a vacation point of view, provided you carry an ample amount of fresh water that can quench your thirst in Egypt’s dry climate. With not..
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Eco Factor: Water and energy saving washing machine.
Researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a new washing machine, which when fully developed would be...
made popular Jun 22 2009
Eco Factor: Buoys to monitor and protect the quality of water.
Researchers at Waikato University have designed solar-powered buoys that will help monitor and protect...
made popular Jun 11 2009
Eco Factor: Water cleaner absorbs garbage and oil from the surface of water to keep it clean.
Freshwater sources are on a decline, and with global warming taking...
made popular Jun 10 2009
Eco Factor: Rainwater harvesting system made from recycled materials.
One thing that you’ll find in almost all developing nations is clogged drains and gutters...
made popular Jun 6 2009
Eco Factor: Solar-powered system extracts water from humid air.
Access to clean drinking water is not as common as people living in urban areas think it to be. With...
made popular Jun 6 2009
Eco Factor: Dew collectors reduce the amount of water required for irrigation, protect plants from weeds.
Israel-based start-up Tal-Ya Water Technologies has...
made popular Jun 5 2009
Eco Factor: DIY home energy monitor aims to reduce energy consumption.
We’ve seen some really astonishing gadgets that allow you to save energy at your home without...
made popular Jun 2 2009
Eco Factor: Sustainable skyscraper for Mexico generates solar electricity.
Designed to bring Mexico on the green map of the world, Jorge Hernandez de la Garza...
made popular Jun 1 2009
Eco Factor: Water saving system mixes fresh water with gray water for toilet flushing.
We’ve seen concepts that aim to make use of the gray water produced in your...
made popular May 22 2009
Designed by designer Jang WooSeok, the “Eco Bath System” is a new concept that combines the functions of a sink and toilet bowl. Drawing inspiration from the...
made popular May 21 2009
Industrial designer Fredrik Stenström has designed a simple washbasin that turns off water supply automatically after you’ve left the bathroom. Similar to a...
made popular May 20 2009
Eco Factor: Grey water capturing and recycling system saves potable water.
Designed by Stuart Winkless, the Grey Away system works by recycling water from areas such...
made popular May 1 2009
Eco Factor: Green roof used to grow vegetables for the restaurant below.
The Flat, an old Holiday Inn Motor hotel, which was converted into luxury apartments with an...
made popular Apr 30 2009
Water conservation being the need of the hour, it’s necessary that every single drop of water is used efficiently. You can start saving water and serious money with...
made popular Apr 27 2009
Eco Factor: Water-saving garden sprinkler.
With the water crisis looming large, homeowners are always on the hunt for gadgets that might help them conserve a few...
made popular Apr 23 2009
Senator Gaylord Nelson had an idea for Earth Day when he actually thought of finding a way to put back the focus on environment once and for all. Earth Day is all about...
made popular Apr 21 2009
Eco Factor: Porous pavement reuses trashed glass pieces.
Presto Geosystems has developed a new kind of hard-surfaced pavement made from recycled glass which can...
made popular Apr 14 2009
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Henry Ford once said: “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”
Punch: Little drops of...
made popular Apr 11 2009
Eco Factor: Water-saving device allows farmers to water only when trees are thirsty.
Israeli scientists have developed a new device that could enable a tree to text,...
made popular Apr 3 2009
Eco Factor: Water-saving shower head reduces waste.
Teenagers are known for wasting a lot of time getting ready each day, and the major part of that time goes under...
made popular Apr 1 2009
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Eco Factor: Water cleaner absorbs garbage and oil from the surface of water to keep it clean.
Freshwater sources are on a decline, and with global warming taking...
made popular Jun 10 2009
Eco Factor: Rainwater harvesting system made from recycled materials.
One thing that you’ll find in almost all developing nations is clogged drains and gutters...
made popular Jun 6 2009
Eco Factor: Solar-powered system extracts water from humid air.
Access to clean drinking water is not as common as people living in urban areas think it to be. With...
made popular Jun 6 2009
Eco Factor: Portable, non-electric water purification device.
We have seen some really ingenious low-tech water purification systems in the past, but none of them are...
made popular Apr 30 2009
Eco Factor: Water treatment by bacteria yields methane fuel as by-product.
Research indicates that about 70 to 80% of all diseases are waterborne and are responsible...
made popular Mar 12 2009
Eco Factor: Rainwater harvesting system.
Global warming and long lasting dry spells have encouraged one and all to use their creativity to design the most efficient...
made popular Feb 21 2009
Eco Factor: Evaporation-based water purifier.
Yesterday we wrote about an osmosis-based water purifier, which would be able to convert seawater into potable water. The...
made popular Jan 31 2009
Eco Factor: Osmosis-based systems to provide drinking water from seas.
About 71% of our planet is covered with water, but still the water crisis looms large. The...
made popular Jan 30 2009
By Vincent Van Ross
Water is the elixir of life. So, all ancient civilizations were found near rivers and other sources of water. Even today, when you are thirsty, you...
made popular Sep 22 2008
Lack of access to potable water can make an already poor community even more impoverished. Children suffering from water-borne illnesses lost days, even weeks, of...
made popular Jun 22 2008
To address the acute problem of potable water in the state and its neighbors, tamil nadu has developed India’s first floating desalination plant. It is also the...
made popular Apr 19 2007
Scientists have got through in coming up with a new filtration system, which they claim, could kill 100 per cent of dangerous microbes in water. Scientist’s this...
made popular Jan 19 2007
Scientists have got through in coming up with a new filtration system, which they claim, could kill 100 per cent of dangerous microbes in water. Scientist’s this...
made popular Jan 19 2007
News coming from the land of China may obfuscate you, which states that underground water sources in most of the Chinese cities are contaminated. Presently, about nine...
made popular Dec 3 2006
While converting energy, some of it is lost. Here is a new design that eliminates these losses. The design may successfully couple the two abundant natural resources to...
made popular May 15 2006
Eco Factor: Desalination plant produces potable water from seawater and generates green electricity.
Residents of Saudi Arabia have always felt crisis for freshwater...
made popular May 15 2009
Eco Factor: Concept water purifier uses solar thermal and UV rays to disinfect water.
About a third of the population of the entire world lacks access to safe drinking...
made popular Apr 21 2009
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