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Eco Factor: 100% solar-powered house design.
The Solar House project is part of a collaborative project between the Industrial Design and Architecture departments at the University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign. This was the first step in the...
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Eco Factor: New solar plants to be built on public lands.
Federal agencies are eyeing the possibility of converting vast areas of barren land in different states of...
made popular Jul 1 2009
Agreed it’s not easy to cut down on energy usage. Still, institutions are coming up with effective modes of conservation for using it in future. University of...
made popular Jun 30 2009
Eco Factor: Recycling plastic bottles to generate solar, wind, wave and hydroelectricity.
If you summarize the problems the environment faces today, the end result...
made popular Jun 29 2009
Eco Factor: Gas for heating homes and even running cars produced from wood.
A new kind of facility has opened its doors in Austria, which is unique because it uses...
made popular Jun 25 2009
Eco Factor: Energy-monitoring tool tempts homeowners to save energy.
By far, monitoring energy and hence conserving it is considered the best way to get out of the...
made popular Jun 25 2009
Eco Factor: New drill to lower cost of geothermal energy.
Researchers believe that if harnessed efficiently, the energy stored deep under the surface of the earth can...
made popular Jun 20 2009
Eco Factor: Hydrogen fuel cell achieves 63% efficiency.
NKG Insulators Ltd has announced the availability of a new solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) that has an efficiency...
made popular Jun 17 2009
Eco Factor: Solar and wind generators mounted on highways could be a new way to generate green power.
With the ever increasing demand of green energy, inventors and...
made popular Jun 17 2009
Eco Factor: Supermarket checkout to be powered by the energy created by shoppers’ cars.
If you’re a regular consumer of goods purchased from Sainsbury’s in...
made popular Jun 16 2009
Eco Factor: Nanoparticles allow solar cells to absorb more sunlight, making them more efficient.
Apart from the high costs of solar cells, their low efficiency is also...
made popular Jun 13 2009
Eco Factor: Wind farm generating 1,000MW of power.
Germany’s biggest renewable energy company is on its way to build Australia’s biggest wind farm near Broken Hill...
made popular Jun 10 2009
Eco Factor: Energy meter prevents wasting energy and unnecessary air pollution.
The enhancement in technology with each passing day has made us envision uncountable...
made popular Jun 10 2009
Eco Factor: Multiple appliances controlled by a single switch reduce energy wastage.
How many times has it happened to you that you’ve turned off the computer but...
made popular Jun 9 2009
Earth’s atmosphere is in itself an infinite storeroom of energy. The regular diurnal variations of the Earth’s electromagnetic network produce strong electric...
made popular Jun 8 2009
Eco Factor: Concept charger harnesses kinetic energy for electricity.
With billions of people in developing and under-developed nations still in need of a few watts to...
made popular Jun 8 2009
Eco Factor: Small wind turbine generates electricity at low wind speeds.
Wind energy does offer a promise to power your home with green electricity provided your...
made popular Jun 8 2009
Eco Factor: Pedal-powered generator provides clean electricity to power outdoor events.
Organizing an outdoor event is tough, not only because of the setup that...
made popular Jun 1 2009
Eco Factor: Energy-efficient data center to be built for Syracuse University.
Syracuse University will house a new data center that will consume about half as much...
made popular May 30 2009
Eco Factor: Solar installations in large deserts could supply a quarter of our energy needs by 2050.
A study conducted by Greenpeace, European Solar Thermal...
made popular May 26 2009
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The planet is facing the threat of global warming and everyone seems to be concerned about it. People are altering their lifestyles to reduce their carbon footprint and...
made popular Apr 14 2008
Taalman Koch has designed this very environment-friendly house that completely sustains itself in the desert environment. The house is basically built up of aluminum...
made popular Apr 9 2008
A house that is powered entirely by the energy from the sun is on every environmentalist’s wish list. Teams from 20 universities are busy creating solar homes for...
made popular Aug 13 2007
This is a totally independent house that will meet all its energy requirements on its own. The 3000 sq ft house has got solar panels for production of electricity and...
made popular Jan 22 2007
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