Energy Roof Greens Existing Buildings and Improves Aesthetics
It’s no secret that architects everywhere are now designing low carbon footprint buildings that either save energy, generate energy, or harvest rain in an...
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.
Hut-to-Hut: Southern India’s Cheap and Environmentally-Friendly Home
Hut-to-Hut is the result of a workshop organised by Rintala Eggertsson Architects and some students from the University of Science and Technology in Norway...
Floating Solar Powered Pop-Up Restaurants To Transform Singapore’s Waterfront
A team of creative architects has taken the idea of pop-up restaurants to another, much higher and much greener level. They designed the ultimate...
Drexel Scientists Invent Greener Alkali-Activated Cement
Although it's being used since the late 1800s, the Portland cement (OPC) is guilty for a large amount of carbon dioxide spewed in the...
Keeping Up with the Joneses A Factor in Solar Installation
You might think that solar roof owners tended to be upper middle class liberals, but a study shows that that might not be the...
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...
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...
Novartis New Jersey Now Has Transparent Solar Roof
The new headquarters of the pharmaceutical company Novartis in New Jersey is reaching new heights by installing the largest transparent solar roof in the...
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...