DIY Low-tech Air Conditioning System From Terracotta Tubes and Water

A New Delhi architect has created a low-tech air conditioner using a material that has been around for millennia. Monish Siripurapu, the founder of...

Japan Tests Wood Pulp for Stronger, Lighter Vehicles

“Simplify, then add lightness. Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere,” said Colin Chapman, the founder of Lotus...

Quilo – An Innovative and Energy Efficient Evaporative Cooler Hits Market

Evaporative air coolers are a very good energy efficient alternative to classic, freon air conditioners. In fact, our own bodies are cooled by transpiration...

Oslo Opens New EV Parking Lot

In Norway's capital Oslo, a new "Charging Enabled Parking Structure" has opened with support from the municipality, charging system provider, and the property owner. In...

Circular Runways Could Change Airports for the Better

Henk Hesselink is a man who has a very interesting idea about the future of airport design. In a recent study paid for by...

The Green Co-Working Place That’s Great For Everyone

Co-working is beginning to make a big impact on how people do business. Along with the major changes in organizational structure, it would appear...

Disruptive 3D Printing Process to Aid Fuel Economy and Mitigate Waste

3D printing technology is allowing the next generation of industrial designers to set some amazing and realistic goals. A novel material forming technique called Selective...

Recycled Plastic Roads Could Be More Environmentally Friendly than Asphalt

VolkerWessels, the Dutch construction service company, proposed to build new roads from recycled plastics. The PlasticRoad will be a great alternative to conventional roads,...

Vertical Walking System to Replace Energy-hungry Elevators

Dutch designers created a unique concept, called Vertical Walking, which can replace energy and maintenance-hungry elevators in high buildings. Internet is flooded with articles that...

India Unveils its Second Green Airport

Indian Prime Minister, Sri Narendra Modi, has inaugurated India's second green airport in Vadodara last Saturday. The first one was unveiled in Kochi last...