Recent Posts Tagged With 'solar panels'

• Eco Tents to change the face of tourism industry in South Australia

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 07:06 in environment, australia, sustainability, green, solar panels, big4 adelaide shores caravan park, eco structures australia

  Who wouldn’t want to enjoy lavish comfort in the lap of nature? BIG4 Adelaide Shores Caravan Park could give you just that. Offering innovative and sustainable accommodation, the park is nearing the completion of six Eco Tents that will boost Sou...

• Extraordinary designs displayed at Green Life competition

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 00:41 in environment, solar panels, green design, shelf, solar cells, bamboo fabric, boo bag, green life competition, endless warm

  A competition to encourage green design and lifestyle was conducted by designboom in partnership with Incheon metropolitan city, Korea recently. Dubbed as the Green Life competition, the contest saw nearly 3709 participants from 96 countries. Among...

• South Region High School #15 set to be America’s greenest school ever

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 00:06 in technology, United States, environment, solar power, solar panels, green technology, vertical axis wind turbines, greenest school, south region high school #15

  Soaring high on hopes, the South Region High School #15 in the City of Angels will soon be generating 100 percent of its own electricity, and almost certainly will register itself to be America’s greenest school ever. Soon you’ll see its roof l...

• Louisiana Pavilion designed by 3XN utilizes cork and bio-resin

  Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 05:03 in United States, environment, solar panels, cork, moebius strip, photocatalysis, green architecture for the future, louisiana pavilion, bio-resin

  Danish architectural firm 3XN will design a pavilion for the Green Architecture for the Future exhibition to explore how cork, bio-resin and flexible solar strips can be utilized in creating eco-responsible structures. The resultant Moebius strip t...

• Unique Solar curtain wall by Konarka and Arch Aluminum Glass

  Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 06:31 in environment, solar panels, konarka technologies, konarka power plastic, arch aluminum glass co., solar curtain wall

  Konarka Technologies, Inc., a company that develops and commercializes Konarka Power Plastic, a material that converts light to energy, today announced that it has collaborated with Arch Aluminum & Glass Co. to launch the first curtain wall pi...

• Green Tomorrow: New energy self-sufficient house by Samsung CT

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 01:21 in environment, green house, solar panels, green tomorrow, energy-saving technologies, samsung ct corporation, no-carbon house

  Samsung C&T Corporation unveiled its new eco-friendly residential construction that flaunts net zero fossil fuel consumption. Dubbed as “Green Tomorrow,” the 4,311-square-foot structure located in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province incorporates 68 ...

• Laser-powered lifts compete for Space Elevator Games

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 05:55 in environment, solar panels, NASA, elevator, kansas city space pirates, lasermotive, space elevator games, power beam, usst

  The Space Elevator Games, a part of NASA’s Centennial Challenges program, which awards monetary prizes in the attempt to spur new technologies, saw three teams participating this year. In order to win the $1.1 million prize, the teams must pr...

• EarthSure announces AirRay, a solar and wind powered electric car

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 05:09 in technology, design, environment, solar power, solar panels, wind power, wind turbines, earthsure, airray

  Here comes an eco car that is said to be destined to be the new “Car of the Future.” EarthSure, a renewable energy company and innovator in alternative energy, has officially announced the AirRay, a concept car that will produce energy through ...

• LOL! e-Bikes for an affordable green ride

  Posted on Saturday October 31st, 2009 at 06:49 in environment, solar panels, electric power, human power, lol! e-bikes

  Toronto will ‘laugh out loud’ at the 2009 Zoomer Show. The city’s only consumer show will exhibit three distinctive electric bicycle designs by LOL! e-Bikes. The cool bike from the Canadian company amalgamates unique, innovative features with...

• Go greener with \'90 degrees\' vertical car parking

  Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 05:52 in environment, solar panels, parking, solar powered, solar parking, baita bueno, 90 degrees vertical parking system

  Have you ever heard of a vertical parking system that generates solar energy? I believe you have not, not me either before I stumbled upon the one and only 90 degrees vertical parking system by Baita Bueno. While you tuck your vehicles into the par...

• Regan offers its solar-powered ReVerb iPod dock

  Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 04:31 in environment, green, battery, solar power, solar panels, regen, reverb ipod dock, flat panel system, apple audio player, backlit led display, renu system

  Looks like the ReVerb iPod dock from Regen is here to make a mark. The ReVerb will breathe new life into your living space with its exquisite design. To flaunt its green credentials, it comes equipped with solar panels that charge the battery, givi...

• Rooftop solar panels give green makeover to Chirk Castle

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 05:09 in environment, united kingdom, solar panels, npower, solar thermal system, chirk castle, green makeover, national trust in wales

  Chirk Castle, built back in the late 13th century near Llangollen, has recently got its roof decked with solar panels. Now, with the sleek panels installed, the Castle will save 8,000 kw of energy a year. Especially during summers, the solar therma...

• Charge your gadgets with Neuber\'s sun bags

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 01:10 in environment, Renewable Energy, solar panels, neuber, konarka technologies, sun-bags

  Germany-based Neuber has joined hands with Konarka Technologies, the U.S. based manufacturer of Power Plastic solar panels, to offer its latest series of solar charging bags. These bags are outfitted with low cost, lightweight, flexible and scalab...

• Solar-powered truck prototype unveiled in Tokyo

  Posted on Saturday October 24th, 2009 at 00:50 in japan, environment, solar power, solar panels, carbon dioxide, solar-powered truck

  Solar power is taking the world by storm. We have already witnessed numerous novel and pioneering solar-powered creations and hope to see some more in the future. Let me introduce you to one such creation. Tokyo has lately unveiled the prototype ...

• Historic Minturn Saloon - First solar-powered restaurant in Eagle County

  Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 07:38 in environment, green, solar panels, xcel energy, eagle county, solar power system, minturn saloon, vail valley restaurant, active energies of minturn

  Minturn Saloon, the popular Vail Valley restaurant, has recently installed solar panels to become the first eatery in Eagle County to be solar powered. The century old building, which came into existence in 1901, got a new solar power system that w...

• Eco-building design for Leadville Avenue demands city council’s approval

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 08:25 in environment, Eco-friendly, solar panels, green roofs, leadville avenue, ketchum city council, memory park, leed-certified design

  If things go well, we will soon see an eco-friendly building at the southwest corner of Leadville Avenue and Sixth Street. A team of efficient designers came together to create a brilliant design that was presented in front of the Ketchum City Coun...

• Zero Energy Idea House to get Helix wind turbine and monitoring system

  Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 08:06 in United States, environment, solar panels, rainwater harvesting, helix wind corp., insulated panels, zero energy idea house, s322 wind turbine

  Helix Wind Corp. has extended sponsorship to the 1,630-square-foot Zero Energy Idea House (ZEH) project. It will set up its S322 small wind turbine and the company`s proprietary Wind Turbine Monitoring System (WTMS) to make the house a literal zero.....

• A farmhouse to go carbon neutral with sheep wool insulation

  Posted on Saturday October 10th, 2009 at 01:28 in environment, solar panels, wool, wind turbine, insulation, green roof, reclaimed timber, carbon neutral farmhouse, cairn valley, neil gourlay, waghorn gwynne architects

  A new carbon neutral farmhouse will soon shape up in the beautiful Cairn Valley near Moniaive. The green farmhouse scheme that has recently received approval in southern Scotland has been a dream for Neil Gourlay, who will become the proud owner of...