Ecofriend

Come April 1 and Los Angeles will take a giant leap forward towards increasing its green power supply by providing renewable energy to 70,000 homes. The Los Angeles city council has approved two agreements to pave way for the supply of the...

The molecular complexes which use solar energy to produce hydrogen from water will now boast of an additional capacity, according to the Virginia Tech chemistry research group. The group, which just presented its research at the 233rd national...

Hewlett-Packard is going ambitious in a 'green' way. It has announced that it will be improving the use of energy and emissions caused by its electronics and packaging and eventually reduce its use of global energy by 20 percent below 2005 levels by...

Solar energy is future energy. And Portugal has taken a commendable step in constructing what it says is the world's most powerful solar power plant. In today's era, when Global warming is on its high, Solar energy is the safest option. In...

India is also talking about an eco-friendly living to a new area of the home, the toilet. A village in Kunnathur, India, has completed a pilot project for eco-friendly toilets. The District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) of Kancheepuram has given..

Are you living in Malaysia and possess a building with a large roof? Then, get ready to install gutters and tanks in your building that will help harvest rainwater. New rules are being implemented to make building, especially the bigger ones like the...

To ban plastic bags from large supermarkets in a bid to promote recycling, San Francisco becomes the first city in the US to vote on Tuesday. The city's Board of Supervisors has approved a legislation that does not allow large supermarkets and...

The green roof atop the Indianapolis Museum of Art's parking structure stands alone in terms of major sustainable development projects, and now it's looking hard at more sustainability measures. The leaders of the city hope that roof greening...

Now the electricity generated by wind turbines can be stored for future use. Start-up General Compression has devised a system that uses compressed air for producing electricity from wind turbines. This would help supply electricity even when there is no.

It's really nice to watch those gentle giant pandas in a reserve. But, from the environmental point of view, keeping the reserve out of their poop is not that easy. Researchers at a southern China's giant panda reserve have come up with a better...