Power your home with LIGHTNING!

As part of our ongoing exploration of alternative energy sources, we’re happy to report this “shocking” new source- lightning! Through an innovative and efficient partnership with

TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: The Solar Sailor

One of the coolest sights in the Sydney Harbour (aside from the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge and the Pirate Ship) is the fully solar-powered ferry known as The Solar Sailor. This rather unique boat,

Want to stop global warming? STOP COAL!

WHY? Coal is the only fossil fuel plentiful enough and supposedly ‘cheap’ enough to push the planet to 450 parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere – an event which will trigger

COAL WILL DESTROY US ALL!

A warning from Architecture2030.org…. Think You’re Making a Difference? Think Again! There are 151 new conventional coal-fired power plants in various stages of development in the US today. HOME

SONY ‘BIO-BATTERY’ RUNS ENTIRELY ON SUGAR

Next time that someone asks you if you have some sugar, they may actually need it for something else other than their coffee addiction. They could be using it to power their walkman. Sony, the Japanese

SOLAR DECATHLON: Solar house design competition

How difficult is it to design a house fully powered by the sun? That’s what the U.S. Department of Energy is trying to find out. To do this, they have staged, once again, the Solar decathlon, a

PAINT-ON SOLAR CELLS

In the future you might painting your home not with standard paint, but rather, with a nice coating of energy-generating solar cells. In one of the most interesting developments in solar panel technology

WORLD’S LARGEST SOLAR ARRAY Planned For California!

Continuing California’s quest to decrease dependence on fossil fuel-based power plants, the largest solar array farm in the world will be built in the Golden State, providing zero emission

SPINACH POWERED HOUSE

We all know how good spinach is for your body, but did you know that it is also good for your house? That’s the proposition behind the house designed by Matthew Coates and Tim Meldrum. Together,

POO POWER: Could Cow Poo Power Your Home?

When it comes to finding cleaner greener sources of electrical power, we’re going to have to start thinking out of the box a bit if we want to reduce carbon emissions and increase efficiency. Coal,