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Solar Ivy Building-Integrated Modular Photovoltaic System Grows Bigger & Better

Bridgette Meinhold — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:10:40 +0000

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6 Amazing Examples of Groundbreaking Green Technology

Diane Pham — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:30:35 +0000

Just as we love to hear, green technology is going the extra mile these days zipping well past the realm of solar power, into the boundless world of innovative ideas that no man has ever explored before. From a printer that can build a whole buildings from stone to an entire city that flips the discomfort of the summer heat into an energy-saving advantage for the wintertime, we’ve rounded up several ingenious ideas that are hell bent on transforming the world to a more sustainable place. Jump ahead for some of our favorite examples of groundbreaking green technology today!

6 Inspiring Examples of Groundbreaking Green Technology

Yuka Yoneda — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:58:19 +0000

This article is underwritten by Veer.com.

Green technology isn’t just about wind turbines, solar panels and alternative fuel anymore. A few inspiring individuals out there are breaking new ground with innovative ideas that no one’s ever explored before. From a printer that can spit out whole buildings made of stone to an entire city that flips the discomfort of the summer heat into an energy-saving advantage for the wintertime to a company that decided solar panels don’t have to be ugly, heavy or even rectangular. Read on to check out some of our favorite examples of emerging technology in the field of green!

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‘Solar Ivy’ Photovoltaic Leaves Climb to New Heights

Bridgette Meinhold — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:30:11 +0000

Solar Ivy (or SMIT Grow) is a spectacular system of thin, fluttering solar panels that generate energy by sparkling in the sunlight. The wind and solar power generating photovoltaic leaves can be easily integrated on the side of a building to produce energy. The concept, designed by Brooklyn based SMIT (Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology), consists of a layer of thin-film material on top of polyethylene with a piezoelectric generator attached to each leaf. When the sun is shining or the wind is blowing, energy is being generated via Solar Ivy.

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SMIT’s GROW: Solar and Wind Photovoltaic ‘Leaves’

Emily Pilloton — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:30:43 +0000

Our friends at Ecolect, the go-to sustainable design and materials community, have launched a monthly spotlight on sustainable design called Limelight – and the first feature is tough act to follow. Teresita Cochran’s sustainable design group, SMIT (Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology) has a compelling new project called GROW that’s an innovative and aesthetically arresting solar and wind power solution. Combining the best of green tech and ecology, GROW draws inspiration from ivy growing on the side of a building – resulting in a hybrid energy delivery device of flexible, ivy-like fluttering solar leaves that provide power via both sun and wind.

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