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10 Solar-Powered Designs to Charge Your Life
From smartphones and e-readers to laptops and tablet computers, today's high-tech devices put a wealth of information and utility at our fingertips - however it can be a real challenge to keep these
PHOTOS: Solar Decathlon Opens in Washington DC
Sixteen of the teams are from American colleges and universities, with the other four teams coming from China, Canada, New Zealand, and Belgium. The InhabitatNYC team is particularly excited because three
Crystal Palace: Slovenia’s Tallest Green-Roofed Skyscraper Features Sharp Energy Solutions
This skyscraper has a whopping 2500 square meters of green landscaping on its roof, as well as enough solar panels on the southern end to produce 82kWh of renewable energy. Most of the offices and shops
SOLAR DECATHLON: Team Massachusetts Takes a Passive Approach with their 4D Home
The home is constructed of fiber cement and wood-clad windows. Since the passive windows and walls are built to collect, store, and distribute solar heat in the winter and reject it in the summer
SolarCity’s SolarStrong Project Will Double the Number of Residential Solar Panels in the U.S.
From solar backpacks to solar tents, the U.S. military has been implementing solar power (and other renewable energy sources) in innovative ways for quite some time. So it's really no surprise that the
Watch as NASA’s Solar-Powered Twin GRAIL Spacecrafts Launch For the Moon This Morning!
T-minus ten minutes and counting! NASA is scheduled to launch its newest mission, The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL this morning at 8:37 9:16AM EDT. Two twin spacecrafts will be
Eco-Luxe Spanish Farmhouse Lures Vacationers With Mediterranean Views and On-Site Farm
The unique farmhouse is designed in the traditional Spanish style and is packed with Spanish antiques, tapestries, authentic furniture and area rugs. Built to celebrate the natural allure of the
The Solar-Heated Adaptahaus is the UK’s First Affordable Green Prefab Home
Alan Dawson had a dream to provide energy-efficient, low-carbon prefabricated housing that is also affordable. With significant support from his local council and a variety of materials and construction
Off-Grid Home by Design Build Bluff Gives Navajo Mother of Four A New Life
With a footprint of just under 1,000 square feet, the new house was constructed using clay, sand, straw, and water bricks clad in recycled sheets of aluminum, and then accented with recycled shipping
SCHOTT Solar Company Breaks Record for Screen-Printed Solar Cell Efficiency
Over the years, new solar technology has broken a few records including solar energy concentration and solar vehicular speed. However this week, SCHOTT Solar announced that they had broken the record for
OODA’s Twisted Cubic Taipei City Museum of Art Harvests Rain and Sun
Designed to be a landmark building that doesn't exact a huge environmental price, the museum consists of a twisted volumetric box that holds within it another 90 degree cube. The whole building is wrapped
Canada’s First Net Zero Home has 50 Amazing Green Features
We don't want to take up your whole day by listing this building's incredible green stats, so we'll just break down what it does for the environment through a combination of sustainable materials, the
Sanzpont’s Busan Opera House Boasts a Gargantuan Green-Roof
The building's LED RGB lighting lights up inside a double layer of nebular gradient silkscreened ETFE and the printed texture gradients the opacity of the skin to control sunlight and lighting. By
Checkerboard Solar-Clad Housing Project Pops Up in Paris
The building provides spacious apartments for low-income needs. The checkerboard-style façade faces Rue La Chapelle, and each front-facing unit has a private balcony with floor-to-ceiling sliding doors
Wearable “Sliver” Solar Panels to Revolutionize Combat for Australian Soldiers
You think your backpack is loaded down with gadgets and stuff to get through the day? Your burden is nothing compared to a soldier who carries approximately 100-150 pounds of tactical gear and gadgets
PlanetSolar: The World’s Largest Solar Powered Boat Docks in Hong Kong
The deck of the catamaran TÛRANOR is lined with over 5,380 square feet of solar paneling that extends over each side of the ship. Measuring around 101 feet long and 49 feet wide, PlanetSolar can
Lugo’s Weathered-Steel History Museum Keeps Cool Inside Subterranean Cylinders
The cylindrical Lugo History Museum in Spain attracts a throng of curious people, which is great, except that they also come with a load of fossil-fueled vehicles that litter the beautiful landscape.
Checkerboard-Pattern Cerredo Housing Complex Captures Energy from the Sun
Situated in a former mining town in the center of the Cantabrian mountains, the dark exterior is not only visually attractive, but increases the building's solar gain. This ensures that each apartment,
Alvaro Siza’s Solar-Powered Serpentine Gallery Pavilion Illuminated by Polycarbonate Panels
During the day, the open structure served as a comfortable café that offered light fare and coffee to visitors to the gallery and to Hyde Park. The open plan of the timber “legs” allowed for natural
Helios Eco Trailer: The Entertainment Industry’s First Solar Hybrid Vehicle
With so many green transportation designs out there, you’d think that an eco-friendly entertainment production trailer would already exist, but the recently released Helios Eco trailer is taking the
Architect Barbie’s Winning Dream House Design Unveiled – And it Has a Green Roof!
As you might expect, Barbie only gets the best, so her green dream home is a modern marvel with plenty of room for entertaining. It's designed to conform to USGBC standards for green building, meets the
The Palms House’s Futuristic Metal Screens Provide Privacy from In-Laws
The original house was a large open loft with one bedroom. The guest apartment sits atop a garage at the front of the property (unlike most house/guest house set-ups). Daly Genik tackled and reorganized
Solar-Powered Recycled Pavilions Unveiled for the 2012 London Olympics
The winning entry was designed by Jose Carlos Cruz, Ines Guedes, Miguel Santos, and Antonio Cruz to look like the Olympic rings. The rings are extruded into rooms where visitors can find out information,
Honeycomb-Shaped ‘Beehive’ Solar Panels Could Energize Building Facades
Israeli startup SolarOr has developed a brilliant new transparent solar panel that is modeled after the complex forms found in honeycomb. Called BeeHive PV, the solar panels are designed to integrate into
Joysxee is a Real Eco-Paradise Island That Floats Atop Garbage!
Sowa began constructing his first island in 1998 not far from Cancun. Collecting empty plastic bottles, plywood and bamboo he’d found on the beach, he built up the island to include a two story house
PHOTOS: An Exclusive Look Inside Buenos Aires’ Greenpeace Offices
Kind and enthusiastic Pablo Blefari showed us around the space, and as soon as we entered the building, we were welcomed by a reception space that is both colorful and clean. Small replicas of local
IKEA Flips the Switch on a 65,000 Square Foot Solar Array in Sacramento
Furniture giant, IKEA, just switched on a 573-kW solar power system, which covers 65,000 square feet of space at their Sacramento, California store. The array is made up of approximately 2,548 panels and
Infineon Raceway Unveils Massive 353 KW Solar Array – Exclusive Photos!
Panasonic started installing solar panels at Infineon Raceway last November, and they just announced the completion of the project this past weekend. The arrays feature Panasonic's high-quality HIT
Casa de la Flora Resort Combines Trendy Comfort and Sustainability in Thailand
Using natural materials such as wood, stone, and rock partitions (in addition to less-friendly concrete), the designers managed to strike a balance between luxury and simplicity with these rectangular
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