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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 as gutters and sinks. This is then cleaned through a two-stage carbon filtration..
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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: 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: Saves about 75% of water resources and taps into water harvesting to conserve water.
The University of British Columbia houses a very innovative building,...
made popular Sep 10 2008
Some of the best solutions that one can come up with are always inspired by nature or are driven by its gentle helping hand which takes care of all the earthlings. So...
made popular Aug 7 2008
LEED standards have become synonymous with modern green architecture as they tell the consumer how green their homes or offices truly are. I do believe that LEED...
made popular Aug 1 2008
The world is turning in to a concrete jungle at such a frantic pace and in such a compact fashion that it almost is getting impossible to restore the ground water...
made popular Jul 12 2008
There is often this wide misconception that everything that is filled with green goodness is a bit too expensive and that technology is not available for everyone. Cost...
made popular Jul 12 2008
Water conservation is one of the prime concerns on the mind of every environmentalist and rightly so. Considering the consumerist nature of the world populace,...
made popular Jun 10 2008
Green designing has become an integral and even necessary part of fashion and interiors today. Designers across the planet are hoping that they would get an edge by...
made popular Apr 15 2008
First things first, what kind of a stupid name is Domodity? It is like a ‘Dumb Commodity’. Why would anyone want to name their product like that? So I’m guessing...
made popular Apr 4 2008
Water resources across the planet are becoming scarcer with each passing day and it is a bit ironic that even though three quarters of the planet surface is covered...
made popular Mar 18 2008
Water scarcity is bound to hit all of us at some point (it will, trust me). So read on, to know how to manage your water resources. But first, is seems to me we are...
made popular Oct 23 2007
The water conservation skills of ethnic African communities once considered to be primitive are now being increasingly seen as an asset to the Aid donors. A Ugandan...
made popular Jun 17 2007
Eco Factor: Sustainable campus for the University of The Gambia.
Snohetta has unveiled the master plan to create a modern campus for the University of The Gambia,...
made popular May 12 2009
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