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

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

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!

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!

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.