COURTESY : learn.g2.com Green arhitecture in the 1970s, innovations like trombe wall, using large overhangs to shade interior spaces, and indirect passive heating were seen as revolutionary, but now they are common practice and taught in many accredited architecture …
COURTESY : mydecorative.com Green arhitect and firms Green Architecture- The term has been trending in the architecture industry lately. This is what everyone is looking for these days. We can describe it as a sustainable process of building some …
COURTESY : www.euronews.com Green arhitect Not only has it been scientifically proven that urban gardens, woodlands and parks reduce depression, in a study by the University of Leeds for example, they are immensely valuable for preserving the environment. Urban gardens and vertical …
COURTESY : www.bbc.com Flying car The hybrid car-aircraft, AirCar, is equipped with a BMW engine and runs on regular petrol-pump fuel. It takes two minutes and 15 seconds to transform from car into aircraft. The certification followed 70 hours …
COURTESY : modernfarmer.com Food forest I’ve seen it time and time again in my travels throughout Latin America – towering mango trees leaning over patches of banana and papaya, interspersed with little plantings of cassava here and there, perhaps a …
COURTESY : energynews.us Floating solar energy A new joint venture between Boston-based BlueWave Solar and European photovoltaics firm Ciel et Terre is poised to bring floating solar panels to the ponds and reservoirs of Massachusetts for the first time. …
COURTESY : www.techtarget.com Firefighting Firefighting is an emergency allocation of resources, required to deal with an unforeseen problem. In software development, for example, firefighting might involve assigning extra programmers to fix coding bugs that are discovered close to a …
COURTESY : www.in.undp.org Eradicating poverty Economically and socially discriminated against for centuries, most members of the Basod community in Nayi Aabadi in Banswara district of the desert Indian state of Rajasthan earn a living through sweeping and cleaning toilets. …
COURTESY : southernsidingcolumbia.com Energy star products ENERGY STAR is a program run by the U.S.A. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency that helps individuals and businesses protect the environment through greater energy efficiency. The ENERGY STAR label can be affixed …
COURTESY : www.en-trak.com Energy management Energy management can be broadly defined as the proactive, organized and systematic management of energy use in a building or organization to satisfy both environmental and economic requirements [1]. Companies across all sectors are turning to …
