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...
