Bali’s Incredible, Sustainable Bamboo Buildings
Bamboo is increasingly used to build houses in Bali, a small island in Indonesia. Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants in the world and is very strong. Houses built with it can last a…
Energy
World To Spend $60 Trillion Modernizing Obsolete Infrastructure By 2030
Averting Ruin There has been much talk of “crumbling infrastructure” in the United States, where politicians have earned a failing grade for their intransigence in dealing with the problem. The powers that be in the…
Bill Gates Thinks Omni Processor’s Potable Water From Human Waste is Delicious…
Yep! Water you can drink from the waste you create. Does it get any more sustainable than that? Bill Gates is sold on the idea, and the Gates Foundation has put funding into Janicki Bioenergy’s…
GM Developing a $30,000 Bolt EV To Rival Tesla’s Electric Vehicles
Monday, at the North American International Auto Show, Chevrolet unveiled its new all-electric car concept, the Bolt EV, set to compete directly with Tesla. Price-wise, with a $30,000 tag, the Bolt EV will be one of…
NASA and Nissan Collaborating To Develop Self-Driving Cars
Wired is reporting that NASA and Nissan have entered a five-year agreement in order to work with each other to develop self-driving cars. Nissan will be granted access to utilize NASA’s Ames Research Center to…
$250 Billion A Year Plan Could Put World On Sustainable Path
Some talk and some act. Of course both are important but ideas key to the future of humanity and livingry are getting short shrift in the “act” department. Take global warming — governments and world…
New Wind Tree Design: Green “Leaves” Are Actually Wind Turbines
With an eye on art and a brain on science, energy conservation can have an aesthetic, as well as ecological, reward. In a testament to the value of taking time to ponder and let the…
India’s Bold, Visionary Smart City Initiative
Amsterdam claims to be the EU’s first smart city, having identified five themes that make a city smart: CO2 awareness, dwelling refurbishment, shared working spaces, sustainable transport and open data. But Amsterdam has just 800,000…
Wind Farms Use Electric Grid To Thaw Icing Blades
IndustryTap wrote “Wind Turbine De-Icing Technology Keeps Blades Turning in Harsh Conditions” about new wind farms both on and offshore battling icy turbine blades. Turbines are programmed to stop rotating when ice builds up reducing electricity…
Zaha Hadid to Design New Bee’ah HQ
A leading environmental and waste management company in the United Arab Emirates, Bee’ah, has commissioned Zaha Hadid Architects to build its new headquarters building in Sharjah. The splendid 7,000 sq m building will seek LEED…
