IceWind launches residential wind turbines in the US
IceWind, an Iceland-based company, has launched its groundbreaking products in the U.S. The wind-based energy company...
Rehabilitation Center of China is topped with a healing roof garden
Stefano Boeri Architetti’s Chinese office has won an international competition with its design for the Rehabilitation...
World’s tallest hybrid timber building proposed for Sydney
Australian software company Atlassian has tapped New York-based architecture firm SHoP Architects and Australian...
IceWind demos new residential wind turbine in Texas
Residential micro wind turbines may one day become a popular way for people to produce their own power at home....
US renewables hit milestone in surpassing coal output
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted nationwide energy supply-and-demand patterns. Stay-at-home...
Luca Curci Architects designs a zero-energy smart city of the future
According to the United Nations, 5 billion people are projected to live in cities by 2030. In response to the growing...
Solar-powered “bubble shield” focuses on physical distancing in public
As of May 5, more than 3.5 million people in 215 countries around the world have been infected with the novel coronavirus,...
Sweden and Austria close their last coal plants
Europe just gained its second and third coal-free countries. Sweden and Austria have both shut their last coal-fired...
Recycled wind turbine blades proposed as a playscape for Burning Man
Washington-based architect and designer Michael Mannhard has unveiled designs for BladeYARD, a proposal for a Burning...
Scientists get closer to artificial photosynthesis for renewable energy
Scientists at Berkeley Lab are getting close to a long-held goal of using artificial photosynthesis to generate...
A zero-waste, self-sustaining home of the future
Designed by Shanghai-based firm YANG Design, the Green Concept House is a futuristic concept that envisions a residence...
Low-impact summer retreat boasts solar panels and a green roof
Seattle-based firm Heliotrope Architects has just completed work on a gorgeous summer home located on Orcas Island,...
Powerbarn is a bioenergy plant offering power to 84,000 families
In the rural commune of Russi in northeast Italy, Italian architecture firm Giovanni Vaccarini Architetti has converted...
ZHA gets the green light for world’s first all-timber soccer stadium in England
After years of delays, Zaha Hadid Architects has finally gained planning approval for Eco Park Stadium, the world’s...
Windwords proposal turns wind turbines into public art
In a bid to clamp down on the NIMBY (“not in my backyard”) opposition to wind farms, international design collective...
12 good things that happened for the environment in 2019
For folks who read — and write — about sustainability, dire projections are revealed every day. Between rainforest...
Fuksas designs a “zero-impact” public square in the heart of Sofia
Italian design firm Studio Fuksas has recently revealed designs for the new Sveta Nedelya Square, a “zero-impact”...
Experimental, net-positive energy development in India is a prototype for future sustainable housing
Communities around the globe are struggling to find feasible options for affordable and sustainable housing to...
FAAB reimagines Warsaw’s largest public square as a solar-powered cycle park
In 2018, after celebrating the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining its independence, Warsaw-based firm FAAB Architektura...
Fukushima on track to become a renewable energy hub
In hopes of reinventing its image, new life is breathing into Fukushima, the Japanese northeastern prefecture that...
Global renewable energy is projected to rise by 50% in the next 5 years, IEA finds
The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently released its Renewables 2019 market forecast, detailing analysis...
First-of-its-kind device prototype harnesses renewable energy from ocean waves
Our planet is a water world, covered with 70 percent oceans. For centuries, it’s been widely known that the high...
Renewable energy surpasses fossil fuels in the UK
In a first for the United Kingdom, wind turbines, solar panels and other renewable energy sources have generated...
Old Paris railway site will transform into a carbon-neutral “ecosystem neighborhood”
An abundance of green will soon take over the heart of Paris with the transformation of the city’s old railway...
G7 summit: Fashion companies make a pact to protect the planet
Known as The Fashion Pact, a group of 32 major luxury brands, labels and companies, such as Adidas, Burberry, Kering,...
Wisconsin plans to go carbon-free by 2050
Following a year of historic flooding and sweltering heat waves across the Midwest, some states are ready to fight...
Chattanooga becomes first 100% solar-powered airport in US
Tennessee’s fourth largest city, Chattanooga, became the first American airport to be 100 percent solar powered...
This off-grid caravan offers escape into the magical Hoh Rainforest
Near one of the largest temperate rainforests in the U.S. lies a magical glamping getaway that lets you reconnect...
Glenwood Springs, Colorado set to run on 100 percent renewable energy
Like many cities around the world, Glenwood Springs, Colorado has set a goal to run on renewable energy. But instead...
Meet Solar Cat, a cute and creative take on renewable energy
Solar power just got an adorable new makeover. New York-based technology company Grouphug opened Solar Cat at the...