Picture this: It’s a beautiful spring day and you’re on a nice bike ride, rockin’ out to the latest Radiohead album that you have pirated on your iPod nano. Your cell phone rings…. you turn on your bluetooth headset and join in on a teleconference without breaking pace. Life is good. You think to yourself, [...]
As climate change has become an increasingly ‘hot topic’, there has been a lot of emphasis on cutting carbon emissions. Countries across the world are stepping up to the plate and making substantial efforts to do their part. New Zealand for example, is looking to be the world’s first carbon neutral country, an astonishing and [...]
The Netherlands is one of the most densely populated areas in the world and half of it is at or below sea levels. Two-thirds of the country would be inundated if there were no dikes and coastal protection. With increasing floods and rising sea levels, many are concerned as to what the landscape will look like in decades to [...]
BoGo Light, represent! The BoGo Light, a solar-powered LED flashlight, is a rockin’ example of using new, sustainable technologies in socially responsible ways. For every BoGo Light purchased ($25), a BoGo Light will be given to someone around the world who doesn’t have access to electricity, and could really use a BoGo Light.
The BoGo Light features a solar panel that takes 8 [...]
Here’s a little slice of new technology that is sure to take off… It’s called the Ambient Orb and it looks like a cross between a water balloon and a mood ring. The orb is a glass lamp that uses color to show changing information, such as market trends, weather forecasts, email activity, or even traffic. It is [...]
Earlier this summer I was in Chicago for the big NeoCon conference and took a green building trolley tour. We checked out several uber-green buildings and made a detour to drive by the Mercy Lakefront SRO project by renowned architect, Helmut Jahn. Up to this point, I had only seen pictures of this gorgeous structure and was eagerly [...]
I will try and keep y’all posted on exciting new green technologies as best I can…
I recently discovered a new solar technology that will revolutionalize the building industry in the relatively near future. It’s called Nanosolar and they have discovered a way to produce a ’solar film’.
They start with a thin reflective sheet of polymer and print CIGS [...]
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