energy efficient building Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 13:33:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Thailand Home Energy Storage Project Turns Solar Power to Hydrogen https://www.greenoptimistic.com/thailand-solar-power-hydrogen-cnx/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/thailand-solar-power-hydrogen-cnx/#respond Wed, 23 Dec 2015 13:33:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=58439 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 solar panel technologies, and drop in commercial prices, have made more and more home owners opt for generating clean solar power. But, energy consumption varies greatly throughout the day (and night) […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/thailand-solar-power-hydrogen-cnx/feed/ 0 58439 Freedom Cove: An Off-the-Grid Floating Island Home https://www.greenoptimistic.com/freedom-cove-floating-island/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/freedom-cove-floating-island/#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2015 20:55:22 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56268 A Canadian couple has constructed not just an off-the-grid home, but an entire floating, off-the-grid island in Tofino, British Columbia. Called “Freedom Cove”, the island even includes a greenhouse, a lighthouse and a dance studio. Wayne Adams and Catherine King began construction all the way back in 1992, and did most of the work themselves. They now […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/freedom-cove-floating-island/feed/ 0 56268 WaterNest Floating Renewable House Now for Sale https://www.greenoptimistic.com/water-nest-for-sale/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/water-nest-for-sale/#respond Fri, 10 Jul 2015 17:19:13 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=55642 A new abode is available for people who want to be environmentally friendly, but still want to live luxuriously. The WaterNest 100 is a floating house that is built out of recycled and renewable materials, primarily recycled wood and aluminum, and is 98% recyclable itself. It also runs entirely off of 60 sqm of photovoltaic […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/water-nest-for-sale/feed/ 0 55642 PSU Project Aims To Mimic Skin Responsiveness For Designing Energy-Efficient Buildings https://www.greenoptimistic.com/skin-responsive-energy-efficient-building-20100922/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/skin-responsive-energy-efficient-building-20100922/#respond Wed, 22 Sep 2010 06:19:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=10552 One day, man-made buildings will mimic the human body in the relationship with the exterior. Penn State University researchers are about to study and implement a model that uses the sensitivity and flexibility of human cells to build "skins" that will give buildings the possibility to self-adapt to the exterior, to regulate their energy use according to changes in the environment.

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