To encounter a green and sustainable home today is very overwhelming, as it clearly show a love and care for the environment. Ana Escalante’s Greenbaum Residence is just one of the great examples for sustainable home that we can see today. Built in Rancho Mirage, California, the Greenbaum Residence has passive solar ventilation and cooling …
This coming June, Solar Decathlon will take place in Madrid featuring various zero emission homes and one of the entries for the competition is the FabLab House. This uniquely designed eco-home is built off the ground, rounded, and is covered with solar panels that will be responsible of collecting solar energy to power-up the FabLab. …
Another nice and eco-friendly solar home was designed for Solar Decathlon 2009. This time around, it is a well-designed solar home from team Germany. Currently placed at third, team Germany’s solar home has four simple modules making the house easy to construct. This stylish and energy saving home comes with a multi-use room located at …
The R-House is an amazing design that is completely self-sufficient. It is made of sustainable non-toxic wood and is installed with photovoltaic solar panels and wind turbines. The house is pre-fabricated and assembled. It has photovoltaic cells and vertical axis wind turbines that will fulfill the entire energy requirements of the house. In addition, a …
A cute plant equipped with solar panels will let you recharge your appliances. During the day, the plant that is composed of module together with a jack will produce electricity through photovoltaic cells. The electricity produced will now be stored in a battery that will in turn recharge your appliances when used during the night. …
China has been known to have a polluted air for many years now. However, their courage of building an eco-friendly Olympic village will definitely change the image of China as the main contributor to our green house gases. They have used various eco friendly materials and processes to run the Olympic village. One sample of …
Czeers MK1 is a solar powered boat with semi custom electrical motor that can hit 30 knots. Czeers MK1 is developed by Dutch company Czeers Solarboats with 3 important requirements : solar power, high-performance, and stunning looks. The boat features photovoltaic cells on almost all horizontal surfaces and an LCD touch-screen control system. It measures …
