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Energy-Efficient LED Christmas Lights Gain Popularity

HeatingOil.com | December 25th 2009 by Tara

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is decorated with LED lights. (image: inhabitat.com) As the old adage has it, Christmas is a time for giving. But considering the doleful state of the economy, one might well argue that, at least this year, Chri read more

Solar cell uses 100 times less material to generate the same amou…

Environmental, Health and Safety News | December 25th 2009 by EHS Director

Inhabitat-  "Sandia National Laboratories recently announced a new breed of glitter-sized solar cells made from crystalline silicon that use 100 times less material to generate the same amount of electricity as standard solar cells made from 6- read more

Last Minute Green Gifts from Inhabitat

Project: Greenify | December 24th 2009 by Bounce Energy

Scrambling to beat the holiday deadline? Trust me, I was experiencing the rush of large department store mayhem less than 24 hours ago, so I can relate. If you're eco concious and looking for a few last-minute gift ideas for the environmentalist in y read more

Underground Five-Star Hotel Fit For a Mole King [Architecture]

Mouse ATC | December 24th 2009

This proposed subterranean London hotel is going to put all 200 guest rooms beneath the surface of a former golf course. Sorry, CHUDs: it's time to gentrify the soil. The hotel, designed by ReardonSmith Architects, aims to preserve the verdant appea read more

Generatore eolico ‘addobbato’ per Natale con 9.000 LED

GIANN.NET [ Come Salvare il Mondo ] | December 24th 2009 by Giovanni Ferracioli

[Via: Inhabitat] E’ la vigilia di Natale,  e quindi non possiamo che accogliere favorevolmente (e ‘girarvi’) questa chicca: A Monaco di Baviera (nei dintorni del nuovo stadio di calcio) un generatore eolico è stato ‘ read more

What Is This? [Power]

Gizmodo | December 23rd 2009

When I first saw this abstract image, I thought I was looking at some weird crystals, or maybe some snowflakes under the microscope using polarized light. The answer was much more amazingerest and surprising than that. Developed at Sandia National L read more

Live Like A Supervillain In This Subterranean 5-Star Hotel [Super…

Scifisoundtrack Abstraction of the Mind | December 23rd 2009 by Joshua Leach

A former golf course in Surrey, London is about to be transformed into the perfect secret lair, seen here. Architecture firm ReardonSmith proposes to sink a 200-room hotel under the green, and convert its former parking lots into lush forests. The pr read more

Christmas Tree Idea

How'sHouse- Malaysia's Interior Design Blog | December 23rd 2009 by adrian how

Holding a Christmas party? If beer’s part of the drinks inventory, here’s an idea – Chinese designers created a 1000-bottle Christmas tree from full Heineken bottles at Nanjing Road, Shanghai. Read more about the tree here via inhab read more

from the archives: gift wrapping

whip up | December 23rd 2009

Meet me at mikes has a great wrap up of how to wrap your gifts, while being kind to the environment, these holidays – start with the treehugger guide to eco wrapping – and check out maya made and her gorgeous ideas. Similar Posts: eco wr read more

Subterranean Hotel

Sustainable Cities Collective | December 23rd 2009 by Mark Lazen

This may be better in theory than practice (via Inhabitat): "This five star hotel is going under – underground that is! Designed by ReardonSmith Architects for a proposed development at Hersham Gol... read more

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