All the latest trends and the future of Sustainable Infrastructure
Does the paint in your home/office clean the air? Now It Can!
Around 25 million litres of decorative paint is sold each year in New Zealand. The manufacturing processes, including those for raw materials used in paints, can involve significant use of energy and may produce hazardous waste. It is k...
Read More
One Japan-inspired Hungarian inventor believes he has found a revolutionary and inexpensive way to construct buildings that could slash humanity's energy needs.
And the magic ingredient for Matyas Gutai's invention is simple: water!!!
It was launched after a long process of testing and patenting and...
Read More
Dutch company harvests electricity from living plants to power streetlights, Wi-Fi, and cell phones. This company harnesses electricity from living plants, and then uses it to power cell phone chargers, Wi-Fi hotspots, and now over 300 LED streetlights in two sites in the Netherlands. Plant-e debute...
Read More
A new type of wood, CLT (Cross Laminated Timber) is taking the building world by storm. CLT is an engineered mass timber product, which is made of solid panels of wood engineered for strength through laminations of different layers. CLT can be made into very large, very dense solid panels and has si...
Read More
How can we create an environment that allows us to do our best and be the most productive? The World Green Building Council, in partnership with its Green Building Council network, has published a new report, Health, well-being and productivity in offices: The next chapter for green building, which ...
Read More
For the longest time living in complete isolation likely meant no ability to use electricity. Well a group of innovators in Florida think they have a way to provide solar power, clean water and Wi-Fi to those people. The Ecos PowerCube, developed by Stuart, Fla.-based Ecoshpere Technologies, is a se...
Read More
In the United States green roofs and green walls are spreading throughout many of the urban cities with Chicago, San Francisco and Maryland leading the way. This trend first started in Europe where Germany in 2002 had 10% of all its flat roofs covered in vegetation. Japan has also become a leader in...
Read More
Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao have identified a new bacteria that breaks down nasty compounds called phthalates, common to flexible plastics and linked to health problems. Much of the plastic in trash may not degrade for 5,000 years. The bacteria found can transform phthalates into carbon dioxide, wat...
Read More
