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Eco Factor: Geothermal fluid to be pumped using supercritical CO2. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is funding nine trials that use supercritical CO2 – a pressurized form that is part gas and part liquid, to extract more geothermal energy. The.

Eco Factor: Sustainable architecture designed to generate on-site renewable energy. The future of architecture rests in the green hands of designers who believe that sustainable architecture is the key to a better planet. HKS Inc has proposed a...

Eco Factor: Renewable energy used to power university campus. The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) has invested $4 million in an ambitious project to capture geothermal energy to meet the power needs of its academic buildings..

Eco Factor: Researchers working on new technology to generate geothermal energy at low temperatures and low cost. Research conducted by MIT estimates that enhanced geothermal systems could provide 10% of the electricity demands of the nation by...

Eco Factor: New drill to lower cost of geothermal energy. Researchers believe that if harnessed efficiently, the energy stored deep under the surface of the earth can meet the demand of energy thousands of times over and all that energy can be...

Eco Factor: Sustainably constructed house makes use of renewable energy. France-based Franklin Azzi Architecture have renovated an old hunting house into a modern green dwelling, using smart and sustainable building practices and renewable energy..

Eco Factor: Renewable energy generating architecture produces hydrogen for electricity. Students at the University of Waterloo have won this year’s Hydrogen Student Design Award hosted by Hydrogen Education Foundation with a building concept...

Eco Factor: Geothermal energy could be used to heat large office buildings, hospitals and schools in the United Kingdom. Researchers at the Royal Academy of Engineering have stated that the United Kingdom is sitting on a vast resource of untapped..

Eco Factor: Sustainable house to be powered by solar and geothermal energy. Sustainable architecture and sustainable housing are new names in urban residential complexes. Spanish design firm Desiño Earle has designed a new solar house that could.

Eco Factor: Electric car recharging station generates electricity from renewable sources. Electric cars of the future will need to be quick both in speed and in the time they need to get recharged. Current technology allows a car to be recharged...