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Rice Husks Making Cement Become Less Of a Polluter

Rice Husks Making Cement Become Less Of a Polluter

Cement is made by heating limestone with clay at high temperatures, and is responsible for 5 percent of the global carbon dioxide emissions, with a ton of CO2 released for every ton of cement produced. To reduce that figure, a team of researchers from the University of Dundee in UK, developed an environmentally-friendly cement made of waste organic materials, such as rice husks.


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Affresol Homes Built From Recycled Plastic: 12% Cheaper, 60 Years Lifespan

Affresol Homes Built From Recycled Plastic: 12% Cheaper, 60 Years Lifespan

It’s a known fact that plastics, although they make up hellish environments if disposed randomly (read: “thrown away”), can be good friends if they are to be recycled and used in long-term construction works. Affresol, a Wales-based company, is about to launch a new range of homes and modular portable buildings, made from recycled plastics.


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Biomass Plant to Generate 49KW of Green Electricity to 50,000 Homes

Biomass Plant to Generate 49KW of Green Electricity to 50,000 Homes

The project led by Bio Energy Investments will be constructed on the banks of River Tees in Teesside. It will generate enough energy to power up to 50,000 homes and will save 140,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually through the use of carbon neutral woodchip.


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49KW biomass plant, Bio Energy Investments, biomass, Gaia Power, green electric energy, green electricity, green energy, Heatherwick Studio, Matthew Day, River Tees, sustainable power plant, URS

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Scrap Tires and Concrete Transformed Into Ecological Building Blocks

Scrap Tires and Concrete Transformed Into Ecological Building Blocks

Concrete is one of the best materials the world has ever seen – you can see it everywhere. The problem is that when you want to dispose it, you suddenly have a problem – a big one. The same story goes with scrap tires – once used, they can hardly be dispensed of, or, in the best of cases – recycled.


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Taipei’s Financial Center Corp to Become World’s Tallest Green Building

Taipei’s Financial Center Corp to Become World's Tallest Green Building

The tallest building between 2004-2007 Taipei’s Financial Center Corp (TFC) is now also looking to become the world’s tallest green building. The 101 floors structure will get its new looks in the next 18-month with a $1,9 million investment. TFC will primarily get new heating, cooling and ventilation system upgrades.


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America’s First High School Powered Entirely by Renewable Energy

America’s First High School Powered Entirely by Renewable Energy

The greenest high school ever built will conserve energy by using 36 wind turbines and solar panels in conjunction with a green roof and systems that maximize the use of ventilation and natural light.


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Earthship: Dennis Weaver’s Proof You Can Build Greener

Earthship: Dennis Weaver's Proof You Can Build Greener

Dennis Weaver (1924-2006), a retired actor, environmentalist, humanitarian, has built a house whose walls are made of nothing but rubber tires and cans. It is very energy-efficient, as he himself discovered, powered mostly by solar panels and renewable energy.


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Michael Strizki`s Solar/Hydrogen/Geothermal Powered House – Amazing!

Michael Strizki`s Solar/Hydrogen/Geothermal Powered House - Amazing!

Michael Strizki’s house is the most low impact house I’ve ever seen. He lives his life off-grid, because his home system feature solar panels, 10 hydrogen tanks filled with the excess energy from the solar panels, with the hydrogen taken out of water, and a 15 year-old geothermal system, that covered its price 8 times since it was installed.


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electrolyzer, fuel cell, Geothermal Power, green home, Hydrogen Power, maichael strizki, off grid, Solar Power

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