Living the techie life we have today requires a lot of energy to power up our techie gadgets like our mobile phones, MP# players, digital cameras, PDAs, and the list goes on and on. Providing you with a sustainable source or electrical power for your small gadgets is the portable solar and wind charger by …
Building a home is now becoming affordable, easy and sustainable. The House Arc by Joseph Bellomo is just one of the great examples of today’s prototype. The designer’s successful Bike Arc inspires this wonderful modular house, and is designed for off-grid living. This modular home is made from tubular steel armature and is seated above …
Everybody is now aware that we need to do something to save the earth from being ruined. More and more are exerting effort through recycling, using sustainable materials, hybrid vehicles, eco-designs and the list goes on. When it comes to architecture, prefab houses and the use of recycled materials are a few of the big …
UK will soon be building 195 zero carbon homes by the end of this year with the first homes expected to be completed by 2010. Developed by HTA Architects, the Hanham Hall Eco Village can be the largest eco-friendly village in UK, as it occupies 6.6 hectare of space. This former hospital in Bristol will …
We already had enough of solar powered lights, this time around, it will be the winds turn to provide us with sustainable lighting. British inventor Tom Lawton wanted to show to everybody the beauty and endless resources of alternative energies, and created the Firewinder, a wind power outdoor lighting that spins and collects energy as …
Eco-friendly, sustainable, solar powered and so on are just a few and probably the most common features of an eco-friendly architecture. However, the Vertical Park is entirely different and I must say it stands out amongst them. Being an eco-friendly stackable skyscraper is new to me. It might be existing way back then but I …
Playing outdoor is always fun. We get to release our stress and get the most from our healthy environment. That is if we still have a healthy environment. Designer Antonno Verseeg has created an eco-friendly device called the Solar DJ that will let everybody enjoy the beauty of nature playing outdoor activities without harming the …
In order to address the climate change plans of Vancouver, Romses Architects has designed the Harvest Green Projects, which turns out to be the winning entry at the 2030 challenge competition in Vancouver. This sustainable building will be having various green facilities like vertical farming of vegetables, herbs, fruits, fish, egg laying chickens, and a …
Music lover individual that love the listen to their favorite music anywhere will definitely love to hear the green invention of Pekka Salokannel called the Gramo Speakers, a solar powered speaker. It has three layers of photovoltaic panels that collects the sun power and charges the built-in battery pack so that users can still enjoy …
Today’s air is of no doubt polluted and harmful to us human beings. That is why designers Mathieu Lehanneur and David Edwards have created the Bel-Air. It is a mini greenhouse that has the ability to absorb and metabolize noxious chemicals and particles our air has. It purifies air by continuously inhaling the polluted air, …
