So what does a smart city really look like?
Smart city expert Lean Doody says the technology should be a tool to deliver a sustainable city. Rapid urbanisation is one of the most important…
Green Tech
Here are 5 reasons why we need an ‘Internet of Energy’
Two technological revolutions are shaping the dawn of the 21st century: the development of the internet and the shift towards a carbon-free global energy system….
End of the road for traditional vehicles? Here are the facts
Matthew Watkins, Nottingham Trent University New sales of petrol and diesel cars will be banned by 2040 in the UK, which has since been joined…
Biocasa: the house where beauty meets good
Biocasa is a case study of an Italian house, which is advanced from a green building perspective to be the first private building in Europe…
China Has Officially Started Construction on the World’s First “Forest City”
FUTURISTIC GREEN CITY The world’s first “Forest City,” created to fight pollution, is now under construction in Liuzhou, Guangxi Province, China. Designed by Stefano Boeri…
Vertical green
Have you ever thought of building a green roof or a vertical garden for your house? After this article, you will start thinking about it,…
UCI scientists identify a new approach to recycle greenhouse gas
Led by Yilin Hu, UCI assistant professor of molecular biology & biochemistry at the Ayala School of Biological Sciences, the researchers found that they could…
Broad coalition sign agreement to push back CO2 emissions by means of reuse
Goal: reusing eight million tonnes of CO2 within fifteen years Rotterdam, October 26, 2016 – At the National Climate Summit held in Rotterdam today, a…
“Holy Grail” of Renewable Energy Storage is Fast-Approaching
In 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) created its Advanced Research Projects-Energy (ARPA-E) division to fund energy storage projects conducted by scientists at Harvard,…
MIT researchers convert waste gas into liquid fuel
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered a form of bioconversion that could be used to convert waste gases to biodiesel for…
Plant-e is producing electricity with living plants!
The green roof idea is spreading fast and more and more urban areas become greener. Green roofs could be used for insulation, farming, stormwater retention,…