
Railway heat to be repurposed to warm London homes this winter
Besides riding the railway, or 'tube,' to go from one end of the U.K. to another, some North Londoners will benefit...

Bitcoin mining powers Canadian man's innovative aquaponic garden
This indoor garden is heated by something totally unexpected: bitcoin mining. When software company owner Bruce...

MIT researchers pioneer affordable way to turn waste heat into power
Steel and glass manufacturing generates large amounts of waste heat that's not easy to capture - devices that do...

Tiny thermophotovoltaic device harvests energy from infrared wavelengths
Waste heat could be a valuable source of energy - if only we could find a way to capture it efficiently. Now two...

How Sweden plans to heat homes with internet searches
Emails and Instagram photos don't come without a carbon footprint: they're stored in data centers which continually...

Cypher CO2ling Plant converts cooling towers into vibrant green communities
Designers Kawan Golmohamadi, Shilan Golmohamadi, and Soad Moarefi have come up with an interesting way of making...

Apple to build 100 percent renewable energy-powered data centers in Denmark and Ireland
Apple just announced plans to construct two new data centers in Europe - and like all current Apple data centers,...

UNStudio's remote-controlled W.I.N.D. House is the home of the future, today
Built on the outskirts of a village in northern Holland, the W.I.N.D house integrates modern technology with...

Biolite's Brilliant Camp Stove Converts Waste Heat Into Electricity for USB Gadgets
If thoughts of a gorgeous summer evening spent around a campfire are keeping you warm this winter, you'll be glad...

Facebook's Fancy New Server Farm Will Be Cooled Naturally By Arctic Air
All of our writing on walls, status updates and pokes cause Facebook’s busy servers to work hard- and produce...