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Beautiful German sauna village runs on recycled waste energy

  • Lucy Wang
  • 09/14/2016

[gallery_extend] The Jordanbad Sauna Village was built to replace a former set of sauna huts built from logs. Since the client wanted the new structures to be built from a longer lasting material, the architects settled on concrete for the base construction. Long-lasting Robinia wood slats clad the...

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These tenacious bees create sturdy nests by carving out sandstone

  • Lacy Cooke
  • 09/14/2016

Bee populations have suffered in recent years, but one tenacious species thrives in a harsh environment: the deserts of the American Southwest. An entomologist from Utah State University (USU) found not only does this new bee species build nests in sandstone, they actually prefer to construct homes there, and...

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NYC expands organics composting collection to reach nearly 1M residents

  • Cat DiStasio
  • 09/14/2016

New Yorkers will be seeing a lot more of those brown refuse containers around the city as the sanitation department expands its curbside pickup of organic waste to serve nearly one million residents. The city's Department of Sanitation recently launched its pilot program to collect food scraps and yard waste to...

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California governor signs measure to end captive orca breeding

  • Lacy Cooke
  • 09/14/2016

Close to six months after SeaWorld CEO Joel Manby said the entertainment company would stop breeding their killer whales, California Governor Jerry Brown made it official. On Tuesday he signed a measure ending the breeding of captive orcas. SeaWorld will no longer be allowed to breed the animals, and the company...

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New lush green "ground floor" to welcome Tel Aviv University students by 2019

  • Laura Mordas-Schenkein
  • 09/14/2016

[gallery_extend] The split level design of the Lorry Lokey building integrates nature in a number of inventive ways. As the outdoor 'ground floor' serves as a shaded, verdant connection hub between buildings, this open plan will also maximize ventilation from Mediterranean prevailing winds. As cool...

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Solar-powered Lucy reflects sunlight indoors to brighten any room

  • Lacy Cooke
  • 09/14/2016

Lack of sunlight can lead to everything from Vitamin D deficiency to seasonal affective disorder. Solenica, founded by Diva Tommei, came up with a bright solution: Lucy, a smart, solar-powered natural lighting system. Lucy tracks sunlight and reflects it inside to brighten even the darkest spaces. Solenica is...

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Iceland’s capital has laid out ambitious plans to become completely carbon neutral by the year 2040. By controlling urban sprawl, increasing public transportation, and shaping all forms of transit to run on green energy, the city will become a model for how governments around the world can create a more sustainable...

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Schemata Architects renovate a Japanese eyewear shop with low-e glass

  • Lucy Wang
  • 09/14/2016

[gallery_extend] The existing building comprises two L-shaped blocks, one housing the eyewear shop and then other used as a cafe, both of which frame a square courtyard. Due to the mostly opaque facade and building orientation however, the cafe and courtyard were hidden from street view and it was hard...

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  • Katie Medlock
  • 09/13/2016

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The company behind the highly controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, which would extend across 1,168 miles and four US states, has stated it...

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  • Lacy Cooke
  • 09/13/2016

One of the co-founders of The Tetris Company, Henk Rogers has launched a new battery that stores more solar energy than Tesla's Powerwall. After reading about the destruction of coral, Rogers started Blue Planet Energy to help end dependency on fossil fuels. The company's Blue Ion Continuum battery produces more...

One of the co-founders of The Tetris Company, Henk Rogers has launched a new battery that stores more solar energy than Tesla's Powerwall. After...

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