World’s First Net-Zero Stadium to Host World Athletic Events
Every two years, or every four years, depending on how you look at it, the world gets together to watch world-class athletes compete in...
Urban farming: growing vegetables on the rooftop of a car park
Singapore is a small country in South-East Asia--practically a city state, where the urban centre dominates most of the island. Land is a scarce...
Cellulose Nanocrystals, a Potentially Green Alternative to Steel and Carbon Nanotubes
Every time cellulose was mentioned in one of your news pieces, it has always been about biofuels. Green algae digesting it and improving biogas...
200,000 Electric Vehicles with Vehicle-to-Building Technology by 2020
Building efficiency and energy consumption could be offset by smart building technology and backup power from electric vehicles.
For the most part, when we think...
4 Things to Consider When Designing Your Eco-Friendly Wooden Home
There is no greater feeling than building your dream home, brick by brick. And if you want to ‘go green’, you can be proud...
Alcoa Launches Self-Cleaning Aluminum Panel for Commercial Buildings
Today, thanks to Reynobond with Eco Clean we can skip unneccessary work: this coil-coated architectural panel cleans itself and the air around it. If you can't believe your eyes, just check it out on May 12 at the AIA 2011 National Convention and Design Exposition in New Orleans.
California’s City Planners Aim to Drastically Modify Suburban Paradigm
Planners in the Newark suburb area of California’s San Francisco Bay are planning a lifestyle revolution, starting with vacant industrial land near a derelict...
Two Residential Towers Will Clean Mumbai’s Air, Just Like Trees
With urban air pollution becoming a huge problem in many major cities around the world, engineers, scientists and architects are testing and trying numerous...
Building Made of Bio-concrete Heals Its Own Cracks
Self-healing cement, made entirely of bacteria, is now out of the lab and in the walls of the first building that can repair cracks...
Chinese Company Uses 3D Printer to Construct 10 Houses in 24 Hours
The small houses that the Chinese company Winsun New Materials is building may look plain, but they represent a huge breakthrough in rapid construction.
Amazingly,...
