Top 5 Green Gadgets and Initiatives at the Consumer Electronics Show 2019

The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is yet again very special for all green technology supporters. The show managed to gather...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Iran’s Apartment No. 1 Built Entirely from Recycled Stone

Iranian city Mahallat is home to a thriving stone cutting industry. Even though the industry contributes nearly half of the city’s economy, it also...