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Architects Dream Rebuilding Notre Dame as an Ecological Greenhouse

Matias Prieto — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:58:18 +0000

A group of French architects presented a green project for the cathedral restoration. They plan to add plants, trees and even an apiary on the main spire. Studio NAB proposed to rebuild Notre Dame’s roof as a big public greenhouse. Their proposal intends to seize the intended restructuring as an opportunity to create a place […]

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How to Build the Greenhouse of the Future

Matias Prieto — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 16:36:02 +0000

Living in a sustainable way is one of our generation’s biggest challenges. Nowadays, most people living in major cities have to spend a lot of money on food with high levels of pesticides on their daily diets. Moreover, most of the electric systems are still powered by non-renewable energy sources. To generate an alternative to […]

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How CoolFarm Brings Smart Agriculture to Your Home

Mila Luleva — Fri, 01 May 2015 18:32:31 +0000

Adjusting the conditions under which crops grow, according to their specific needs, might be the only way to secure food resources in the future, especially if this can be done on a balcony of a small flat. Not possible, you would say? Meet the guys who do it – CoolFarm. In the light of climate change, securing […]

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Solyndra Equips Greenhouses With Innovative Solar Powered Shades

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:27:48 +0000

It's no secret anymore that Solyndra makes cylinders covered with flexible, thin solar cells. But I guess few know that Solyndra's tube solar panels can also be used in agriculture as shades in greenhouses.

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Greenhouse Gas 4,800x More Potent Than CO2 Thought Safe

Florin — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:58:38 +0000

In the late 1980s, during the Montreal Protocol that set rules for the chlorofluorocarbon emissions, methyl bromide was about to become a target, to reduce it for saving the ozone layer. So, from a poplar compound used in agriculture, it became an "outlaw".

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