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Elegant Biodegradable WallArt Tiles Made From Renewable Sugar Cane Bagasse
Published on 26. April 2011 in bagasse, biodegradable materials, botanical, compostable materials, Decorative Objects, Design Academy in Eindhoven, Green Home decor, green Interiors, Green Materials, green product, Green Products, Green Resources, paper pulp, RECYCLABLE 3D WALLPAPER, Recycling / Compost, sugarcane crop, Sustainable Materials and sustainable wall tiles. 0 Comments Tags: 3d wallpaper, Academy, admin options, bagasse, biodegradable materials, botanical, compostable materials, crop, decor, Decorative Objects, design academy, Design Academy in Eindhoven, dutch design, Elegant, elegant designs, green home decor, green interiors, green materials, green product, green resources, home, juice, Objects, Paper, paper pulp, Permalink, plain walls, Post, Produced, pulp, RECYCLABLE 3D WALLPAPER, recycling / compost, residue, sugar cane bagasse, sugarcane, sugarcane crop, Sustainable Materials, sustainable wall tiles, sweet juice, wall tiles.
This chic modern WallArt tiles add an extra dimension to boring plain walls. Made from recycled bagasse (a fibrous residue leftover from the process of extracting the sweet juice from sugarcane stalks), these 3D tiles are recycled, and biodegradable. Produced by WallArt and designed by talented grads from the Dutch Design Academy of Eindhoven, the tiles are available in 12 elega... weiterlesen...
Curvy Steam Bent Achair is a Wood Awards Innovation Winner
Published on 26. April 2011 in achair, ash wood, david colwell, Green Design Competitions, green furniture, Green Materials, locally sourced wood, recycled copper, steam bending and wood awards 2010. 0 Comments Tags: "green furniture", achair, admin options, aim, ash wood, british furniture, colwell, Competitions, Copper, copper plumbing, craftsmanship, david colwell, design competitions, Furniture, furniture designer, Green Design Competitions, green materials, innovation, Installation, locally sourced wood, outstanding design, Permalink, pipe, plumbing pipe, Post, recognise, recycled copper, seat, steam, steam bending, steam bending wood, sustainable material, Technique, Vapor, Wood, wood awards, wood awards 2010.
Achair, a stylish seat produced by the ancient technique of bending wood with vapor, was recently honored in this year’s Wood Awards in the “innovation” category. Hand-made by British furniture designer David Colwell, the Achair is made from fast and locally grown Ash held together with recycled copper plumbing pipe rivets. The aim of The Wood Awards is to ¨recognis... weiterlesen...
Ford Reports Best Earnings in 13 Years Thanks To Green Vehicles
Published on 26. April 2011 in alternative transportation, automotive, ford, ford green cars, Ford quarterly profits, green automotive design, green car, Green Transportation, green vehicle and sustainable transportation. 0 Comments Tags: 13 years, admin options, Alan Mulally ford, alternative transportation, automotive design, car, cars ford, design, digg, earnings, first quarter, Ford, ford green, ford green cars, Ford quarterly profits, ford reports, fuel efficient vehicles, Green, green automotive design, green car, green cars, green transportation, green vehicle, Growth, icio, Permalink, Post, president, Quarter, quarterly profits, rest, sustainable transportation, team, transportation, vehicle.
Ford just announced its best quarterly profits in 13 years, thanks to rising demand for its fuel-efficient vehicles. Profits rose to $2.55 billion in the first quarter of 2011 from $2.09 billion in the first quarter of 2010. “Our team delivered a great quarter, with solid growth and improvements in all regions,” said Alan Mulally, Ford president and CEO.
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LEED Platinum Vancouver Convention Centre Takes Home Top Ten AIA COTE Award
Published on 26. April 2011 in "sustainable architecture", aia, architecture, canada's largest green roof, Convention Center, COTE, eco design, green architecture, green building, green design, green roof, habitat restoration, LMN, LMN Architects, news, Sustainable Building, sustainable design, Top Ten Green Award, Urban design and vancouver convention center. 0 Comments Tags: "sustainable architecture", admin options, aia, aia canada, architecture, building, canada, canada's largest green roof, Center, Centre, Convention Center, COTE, digg, eco design, green architecture, Green Building, green design, green roof, habitat restoration, home, icio, leed, LMN, LMN Architects, Permalink, platinum, Post, restoration, Sustainable Building, sustainable design, Top Ten Green Award, Urban design, vancouver convention center, vancouver convention centre.
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Show Your Support for Grassroots Environmentalists and Check Out the Goldman Environmental Prize!
Published on 26. April 2011 in Eco-Inspiration, environmental prizes, global green awards, goldman environmental prize, grassroots environmentalists, green design, Green Design Competitions, Green Design Events, green prizes, Human Relief Efforts, humanitarian awards, humanitarian design and Richard and Rhoda Goldman. 0 Comments Tags: admin options, Competitions, design, design competitions, digg, Environmental, environmental prize, environmental prizes, environmentalists, global green awards, goldman, Goldman Environmental Prize, grassroots, grassroots environmentalists, Green, green design, Green Design Competitions, green prizes, humanitarian awards, humanitarian efforts, icio, Permalink, Post, PRIZE, prizes, rest, rhoda, Richard and Rhoda Goldman, show, support.
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BMW CEO Announces ActiveE, Then Bashes Electric Vehicles
Published on 26. April 2011 in activee, automotive, bmw, eco design, electric car, Electric Vehicle tax incentive, green design, Green Transportation, hybrid car, Jim o'Donnell, New York International Auto Show and sustainable design. 0 Comments Tags: activeE, admin options, Auto, Bashes, bmw, car, car electric, ceo jim, Detroit, detroit news, doesn, eco design, electric car, electric vehicle, Electric Vehicle tax incentive, electric vehicles, ev, faith, great news, green design, hybrid car, incentive, International, international auto show, Jim o'Donnell, New York International Auto Show, news, Permalink, Post, sustainable design, tax incentive, transportation, vehicle, work, york.
In advance of the New York International Auto Show, BMW CEO Jim O’Donnell announced to the Detroit News that the company will be releasing 1,100 of it’s newest electric vehicle, the ActiveE. That’s great news for green transportation, however further into the interview, O’Donnell went on to say that he doesn’t put faith in the new ev 1 Series coupe, and frankly tha... weiterlesen...
2,200MPG Celeritas Solar Car Wins Shell Eco-Marathon
Published on 26. April 2011 in car, cars, celeritas, electric car, electric vehicle, ElectricCar, ElectricVehicle, ev, Green Transportation, news, prototype, PurdueUniversity, shell eco marathon, ShellEco-marathon, Solar, Solar Power, solar-powered and SolarPowered. 0 Comments Tags: admin options, car, car cars, cars, celeritas, Division, Eco, Eco-marathon, electric car, electric vehicle, ElectricCar, ElectricVehicle, ev, gallon, international competition, ivy, Marathon, miles per gallon, order, Permalink, Post, prototype, purdue, purdue university, PurdueUniversity, Shell, shell eco marathon, ShellEco-marathon, Solar, solar car, solar cars, solar-powered, SolarPowered, University, urban division, vehicle, Wins.
Solar cars are rapidly becoming more and more efficient, but they’re going to have to step up their game in order to beat the Celeritas, a 275 lb vehicle that can travel 2,200 miles per gallon. The car, designed by a team from Purdue University, just won the urban division of the 2011 Shell EcoMarathon international competition, which was held this week in Houston.
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Compostable Packaging Test: Natureworks Ingeo Corn Cups
Published on 26. April 2011 in biodegradable packaging, compostable products, composting test, green design, Green Materials, green packaging, Green Products, nature works corn cups, packaging-the-future and sustainable design. 0 Comments Tags: admin options, biodegradable packaging, Compostable, compostable products, composting, composting test, corn, design, digg, green design, green materials, green packaging, icio, Ingeo, nature, nature works corn cups, Natureworks, packaging, packaging test, packaging the future, Post, rest, sustainable design, test.
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PHOTOS: Denver’s First LEED Gold School and Zero Energy Community Campus
Published on 26. April 2011 in architecture, daylighting classroom, Denver green building, DSR Group School, Evie Garrett Dennis Campus, geothermal heating, k-12 green school, leed for schools, LEED school, net zero energy school, school solar, Sustainable Building and Zero energy. 0 Comments Tags: admin options, building, classroom, community, daylighting classroom, Denver green building, digg, DSR, dsr group, DSR Group School, Energy, energy community, energy school, Evie Garrett Dennis Campus, garrett, geothermal, geothermal heating, Gold, gold school, group, group school, Heating, icio, k-12 green school, leed, leed for schools, LEED school, net zero energy school, Permalink, Photos, Post, school solar, Zero, Zero energy.
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Spanish Train Station Renovated Into A Green-Roofed Youth & Public Art Center
Published on 26. April 2011 in "sustainable architecture", adaptive reuse, architecture, carousel showcase, cultural center, Daylighting, eco design, espacio vias, estudio sic, green architecture, green building, green design, Green renovation, green roof, historic renovation, passive solar design, spain, Sustainable Building, sustainable design, train station and youth art center. 0 Comments Tags: "sustainable architecture", adaptive reuse, admin options, amp, architecture, Art, art center, building, Center, cultural center, Daylighting, digg, eco design, espacio vias, estudio sic, green architecture, Green Building, green design, green renovation, green roof, historic renovation, leon, passive solar design, Post, Public, public art, renovation, reuse, spain, Spanish, spanish train, station, Sustainable Building, sustainable design, train, train station, youth, youth art, youth art center.
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Incredible Floating Fire Ants Help Develop Waterproof Materials and New Robotics
Published on 26. April 2011 in amazonian ants, ant raft, biomimicry, fire ant raft, fire ants, floating ant raft, floating ants, floating fire ant, robotics research and waterproof materials. 0 Comments Tags: ability, admin options, amazonian ants, ant, ant raft, arms and legs, biomimicry, bottom layer, Fire, fire ant raft, fire ants, floating ant raft, floating ants, floating fire ant, flooding, Invicta, new materials, partner, Permalink, Post, raft, red fire ant, robotics, robotics research, robots, Solenopsis, solenopsis invicta, Stay, surface, teamwork, Video, water, waterproof materials, waterproofing.
The Solenopsis Invicta — also known as the red fire ant — has recently become an unlikely partner in the research of waterproof materials and robotics. The ants, which are incredibly resilient, have developed the ability to team together to form a raft to survive the flooding of their habitat. The entire colony links arms and legs and floats above the water‘s s... weiterlesen...
Juliana Santacruz Herrera “Repairs” Paris Potholes With Cheery Renegade Knitting
Published on 26. April 2011 in Art, eco design, green design, guerilla knitting, Juliana Santacruz Herrera, Olek, renegade knitting, Street art and sustainable design. 0 Comments Tags: admin options, Art, Cheery, digg, eco design, green design, guerilla, guerilla knitting, Herrera, icio, juliana, Juliana Santacruz Herrera, knitting, Olek, paris, Permalink, Post, Potholes, renegade, renegade knitting, Repairs, rest, santacruz, Street, Street art, sustainable design.
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MIT Harnesses Viruses to Improve Solar Efficiency by a Third
Published on 26. April 2011 in carbon nanotubes m3 virus, dye-sensitized solar cells, news, renewable energy, solar cells, solar efficiency, Solar Power and virus solar cells. 0 Comments Tags: admin options, article, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanotubes m3 virus, digg, dye sensitized solar cells, Efficiency, efficiency gains, Harnesses, icio, institute of technology, journal, journal nature, level, massachusetts, massachusetts institute of technology, microscopic level, nanotechnology, nature, Nature Nanotechnology, Permalink, Post, renewable energy, scientists, solar cells, solar efficiency, Third, Virus, virus solar cells, viruses.
Scientists are always looking for ways to increase the efficiency of renewable energy, and now researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are utilizing viruses to enhance the efficiency of solar cells at the microscopic level. In an article in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, the scientists revealed that viruses could be used to organize carbon nanotubes in dye-s... weiterlesen...
El Cosmico: A Hipster Campground Featuring Eco Yurts, Teepees and Vintage Trailers
Published on 26. April 2011 in architecture, cosmico, eco camping, eco design, eco trailer, eco trailer park, eco-tourism, eco-travel, el cosmico, green design, green resort, green tourism, green vacation, Recycled Materials, renovated trailers, sustainable design and teepee. 0 Comments Tags: admin options, camping, cosmico, digg, Eco, eco camping, eco design, eco trailer, eco trailer park, eco-tourism, el cosmico, Featuring, green design, green resort, green tourism, green vacation, hipster, icio, park, Permalink, Post, renovated trailers, sustainable design, teepee, teepees, tourism, trailer, trailer park, Trailers, vacation, Vintage, vintage trailers.
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New Self-Powered, Blood-Activated LED Sensor Can Detect Pancreatitis in an Hour
Published on 26. April 2011 in cheap medical device, Design for Health, easy to use medical device, inexpensive medical device, inflamed pancreas, no battery, no energy medical device, pancreatitis, pancreatitis detector, self powered medical device and social design. 0 Comments Tags: abdominal pain, Activated, admin options, aluminum foil, cheap medical device, Detector, Drop, easy to use medical device, energy source, fever, gelatin, inexpensive materials, inexpensive medical device, inflamed pancreas, inflammation of the pancreas, medical device, Milk, milk protein, no battery, no energy medical device, pain, pancreas, pancreatitis, pancreatitis detector, patient, Permalink, Post, powered, protein, reaction, Self, self powered medical device, texas at austin, tiny sensor, University, university of texas at austin.
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a tiny sensor — made from a 12-cent LED light, aluminum foil, gelatin, milk protein and a couple of other inexpensive materials — that could help prevent damage and save people’s lives by detecting acute pancreatitis. Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas that can lead to abdominal pain,... weiterlesen...
Japanese Artist Cuts Hundreds of Butterflies Out of Books and Sets them Aflutter on Room Walls
Published on 26. April 2011 in Art, art installation, eco design, eco-art, Eiji Watanabe, green art, green design, illustrated field guides, japan and sustainable design. 0 Comments Tags: admin options, Art, art installation, butterflies, Cuts, digg, eco design, eco-art, Eiji, Eiji Watanabe, Field, green art, green design, icio, illustrated field guides, Installation, japan, Japanese, japanese artist, Permalink, Post, Room, room walls, Sets, sustainable design, Walls, Watanabe.
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NC-office Designs Charming L-Shaped Self-Sustaining Homes For Haiti
Published on 26. April 2011 in 2010, architecture, Disaster Relief, Disaster-proof design, earthquake, eco design, green architecture, green design, haiti, Miami, NC-office, Prefab Housing, rainwater collection, self-composting, self-containing modules, solar panels and sustainable design. 0 Comments Tags: 2010, admin options, architecture, Charming, collection, digg, disaster, disaster relief, earthquake, eco design, green architecture, green design, haiti, icio, L-Shaped, Miami, NC-office, Permalink, Post, rainwater collection, relief, rest, Self, self-composting, self-containing modules, solar panels, sustainable design, Sustaining.
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BREAKING NEWS: Unmodified Nissan LEAF Enters Pike’s Peak Hill Climb Race
Published on 26. April 2011 in alternative transportation, automotive, electric car, electric vehicle, green automotive design, Green Transportation, Ikuo Hanawa, news, Nissan Leaf, Pike's Peak, Pike's Peak Hill Climb and sustainable transportation. 0 Comments Tags: admin options, alternative transportation, automotive design, BREAKING, breaking news, car, Champion, climb, digg, electric car, electric vehicle, green automotive design, green transportation, hanawa, HER, hill climb, horsepower, Ikuo Hanawa, japan, leaf, news, nissan, Nissan Leaf, peak hill, Permalink, Pike's Peak, Pike's Peak Hill Climb, Post, race, Stock, sustainable transportation, transportation, vehicle, year.
That an electric car would enter the grueling Pike’s Peak Hill Climb race is not in itself surprising: last year’s champion was Ikuo Hanawa’s custom-built EV Sports Concept HER-02 from Japan. That a completely stock, unmodified, 110-horsepower Nissan LEAF would attempt to compete is news, however.
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BREAKING NEWS: Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf Awarded Highest IIHS Safety Ratings
Published on 26. April 2011 in alternative transportation, automotive, automotive safety ratings, Chevrolet Volt, chevy volt, green automotive design, Green Transportation, IIHS, news, Nissan Leaf, safest green cars, safety ratings, sustainable transportation and top safety picks. 0 Comments Tags: admin options, alternative transportation, automotive design, automotive safety, automotive safety ratings, BREAKING, Chevrolet Volt, chevy volt, control, crash, crash tests, digg, electric vehicles, electronic stability control, green automotive design, green cars, green transportation, highway, IIHS, insurance institute for highway safety, leaf, news, Nissan Leaf, Permalink, Post, rear crash, safest green cars, safety ratings, side, stability, strength, sustainable transportation, today, top safety picks, transportation.
We may be at the tipping point, after which electric vehicles are no longer feared as unsafe to drive on the highway: The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety today announced it is awarding both the Chevy Volt and the Nissan LEAF its highest safety ratings. Both cars performed well in front, side, and rear crash tests, were equipped with electronic stability control, and demon... weiterlesen...
Los Tres Juanes Carve Incredibly Detailed Wood Panels in Spain
Published on 26. April 2011 in architecture, eco-artisans, eco-design Los Tres Juanes, green art, green design, Nasrid-inspired, Picasso Museum, sustainable art, Sustainable Building and sustainable design. 0 Comments Tags: admin options, artisans, building, Carve, celebrated works, Click, craft, eco-artisans, eco-design Los Tres Juanes, green art, green design, Handcrafted, Juanes, line, Los, los tres, love, malaga, Nasrid-inspired, palaces, Permalink, Picasso, Picasso Museum, Post, scale, southern spain, sustainable art, Sustainable Building, sustainable design, tradition, unesco, Wood, wood ceilings, woodworking.
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“The Three Johns” carve incredible wood ceilings that line a variety of buildings, including the Malaga’s Picasso Museum. Known for restoring old works unique to Southern Spain, Los Tres Juanes also craft new ceilings for museums, churches, and palaces. Their most celebrated works include Nasrid-inspired roof frameworks, Al... weiterlesen...