The Harvard School of Public Heath (HSPH) conducted the largest study to date to determine the relationship between reductions in fine particulate matter and improved life expectancy.
The study concluded that between the US population being exposed to much lower...
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has made public a study regarding the dropping of prices in the case of solar power installations. In 2011 and the first half of 2012, the above mentioned prices have fallen within the ranges...
The 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show brought some great new concepts this year. One of them is the Mercedes-Benz Ener-G-Force. Big and bully, like the oversized Hummers, the G-Force only looks like a notorious SUV. This model is equipped...
Apart from providing improved insulation to buildings, lowering power consumption (by as much as 6%), providing habitat for some animals, filtering out air pollutants, and lowering ambient temperature, green roofs may also improve solar cells’ performance.
Two separate studies have...
Unlike solar and wind powers, geothermal power is cost-effective and a reliable source, 24/7 whole year round at a consistent and predictable rate. What’s more, according to the estimates of MIT, only 2% of the available heat energy at...
Nendo, a local studio from Tokio has presented their Bottleware collection at Designtide. Bottleware is a collection of dishware, manufactured from recycled Coca-Cola bottles. The used, green-tinted bottles were part of a program originally for washing and refilling empty...
More and more people are becoming aware of the global impact of climate change. But scant few are aware of the local effects of climate change on the ecosystems in their own backyards. A group of scientists studying the...
Japan was always known for new technologies regarding trains, but the newest Maglev electric train that travels at 310 MPH is a real monster in its class. The JR Central Railway Company has presented this new electric train model...
The Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), an advocacy organization for alternative energy, conducted a comprehensive study to determine how German households and businesses bankrolled energy efficiency and renewable energy efforts. The billionaire hedge fund manager, George Sorros, financed the study.
In...
While natural light can be used at building structures, to get into the rooms that are on the surface of the construction, MIT started a project (that was developed later on at EPFL), designing windows that conduct natural light...
