Eco-Friendly Restaurant Has Air-purifying Walls Made of Salt
Iranian restaurant, built from salt, sets a new trend in eco-friendly building and design. The salt is derived from local salt mines and a salt...
Biostone: Greener Cement Made from Sand, Bacteria and Urine
It is a commonly known fact that production of cement is a process, which can cause severe damage to the environment, mainly due to...
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...
Silt Lake City: A City Floating on the Nile River
The River Nile in ancient times was shown to flood the Nile valley area during certain seasons and served to irrigate the land and...
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.
7 Tips on How to Renovate Your Home Energy-Efficiently
Renovating your home is always a pleasant activity, especially when the end result brings joy and comfort to the whole household. At The Green...
A Solar-Powered Temporary Housing Unit Now Home to Damaged Property Victims
A number of designers are competing to design the best practical emergency housing unit. Michel Antoun Zateef’s design of The Temporary Housing Unit is...
Rotterdam’s Floating Pavilion is Solar Powered and Developed to Withstand Climate Change
In order to face the challenges posed by climate change and its consequent rise of sea levels, Rotterdam has begun the construction of some...
Thailand Home Energy Storage Project Turns Solar Power to Hydrogen
Eco-friendly housing development in Thailand stores excess solar power, generated from rooftops, in the form of hydrogen.
It is great to see that improvements in...
Greener cement for buildings and coastal structures
Concrete is the most commonly used building material in the world, and can be found in almost any structure: from buildings to bridges to...
