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Amazing tiny house designs! These mobile homes are designes with a focus on efficiency, economy, and aesthetics. Apparently no building permits are required for them, which solves a LOT of problems!
Energy use accounted for 82 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2006, according to the Department of Energy (DOE). Energy efficiency is the best and quickest way to reduce GHG emissions.
"The minute we stop innovating, we die," said an executive interviewed for a recently released report by the Boston Consulting Group, National Association of Manufacturers, titled The Innovative Imperative in Manufacturing: How the United States Can Restore Its Image. The report ranked the U.S. eight among innovative-friendly countries. Singapore made the top spot.
GRC has developed a proof of concept machine (Patriot 1) that is capable of processing tires on a continuous basis. An example of GRC's tire processing system: For every 1 ton of tires processed in the GRC Patriot 1, there is 120 gallons of oil, 5000 cubic ft. of combustible gases, 200 pounds of reusable steel and 750 pounds of carbon ash produced which are all marketable commodities.
Green is the most efficient "semi-transparent" colour for producing electricity, although red and purple also work well.
Oxford PV predicts that manufacturing costs of its product will be around 50% less than the current lowest-cost thin film technology and expects its new mechanism will eventually match the unsubsidised cost of electricity generated from fossil fuels.
The eco-friendly bus designed for Namsan travel measures 11.05 meters in length. It can travel at up to 100 kilometers an hour and traverse a distance of 83 kilometers with a full charge. The vehicle can be fully recharged in 30 minutes.
The increased construction of desalination plants due to the steady fall in the cost of several key technologies for seawater-to-freshwater conversion is projected to generate a cumulative capital investment of $87.8bn worldwide from 2010 to 2016, says a report from Pike Research.
GreenWorld Development, a Florida based company that develops sustainable products for efficiency goods and services, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to buy 51% stake in the UK waste recycling company FE4.
For cell phone charging, the Emerald has USB and cell phone ports and will come with a bag of adapters. It can fully charge a smartphone in the same time it would take at an outlet, developers say.
It recharges in full sunlight in three hours.
Solaroad is a road that also works as a solar panel. The combination of these two functions is special, and makes it possible within the space we still got to road use even solar energy to capture and converting it into electrical energy, which then can be used for street lighting, traffic systems, but also households.