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dan corson’s solar powered flower installation: sonic bloom 23 Aug 2013 | 02:59 am
five giant singing flowers in 'sonic bloom' by dan corson, make an interactive sculpture that absorbs the sun's energy, reflecting it at night with patterned LED lighting. The post dan corson’s solar...
Lamps Made of Seaweed by Nir Meiri 23 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Lights inspired by the sea made with seaweed lampshades.
Volvo Tests A Road That Can Charge Cars And Trucks 22 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
Charging electric vehicles while they are on the move may seem a bit out–there. But, in fact, we already do it for major groups of vehicles––trams and trains, for instance. French cities have complete...
Five story all-wood house built with zero chemicals 21 Aug 2013 | 03:27 pm
Binding together thin wood walls with wood plugs, construction artist Matthias Korff makes a five-story building with no other insulation and no chemical glues.
Material panels made from bamboo pulp published. 21 Aug 2013 | 11:59 am
The panels/tiles are made from bamboo pulp, and have the feel of solid fibreboard. - Original colour: off-white - Paintable with wall paint - ...
The Biomimicry Manual: What Can the Tree Shrew Teach Us About Addiction? 21 Aug 2013 | 02:27 am
In our newest series, The Biomimicry Manual, we are thinking about design in a different way and asking ourselves "How would nature do it?". Nature's designs are tried and true, and there are a number...
Can Sustainable Consumerism Work? 20 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
As market shares of "green" products grow, so does debate about their true impacts. Certification and labeling of environmentally and socially sustainable goods have exploded in the last 10 years, coi...
Is This How You Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions Without Hurting The Economy? 20 Aug 2013 | 05:45 pm
Ask economists what to do about climate change, and some will say a carbon tax is the best solution. But that doesn't mean there are carbon taxes everywhere. Just the opposite. Governments have tended...
Product Luxurious prefab holiday housing published. 19 Aug 2013 | 03:40 pm
Three dutch organisations De bouwkundewinkel (translates as Architectureshop), Stichting Natuurkampeerterrein (the association of natural campsites ...
Life Cycle Costing ‘Key Benchmark’ for Smart Building Industry 16 Aug 2013 | 07:20 pm
Purchases in the intelligent building industry are most often based on the lowest costs and relationships with past vendors rather than cost evaluations, according to findings from a collaborative res...
