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Eco Factor: Window blinds generate solar electricity. Imagine how different the world might be if we could capture sunlight and release it on demand to light the dark. As an alpha source of energy, the sun sustains nearly everything on our...

Eco Factor: Diamond-based solar energy generating system. Using diamonds to generate green electricity seems an extravagant idea but not so to Dr. Neil Fox from the University of Bristol’s School of Chemistry. The researcher has been awarded a...

Eco Factor: Sustainable skyscrapers designed by Steven Holl Architects. Steven Holl Architects have won the “4 In 1” tower competition held in Shenzhen, China to design a green mega-structure for the Futian business district. The competition...

Solar carport is one of the kind of ideas that many of us would have contemplated on and wished it was a commercially available. Well, it is available now. The Lifeport solar carport created by Envision, generates electricity for homes and charges...

Frito Lay made significant announcements regarding the installation of solar electric power system in the Arizona Service Center. This 201 KW system features 1,000 Kyocera high output 200 watt photovoltaic modules. Thus, it will be the largest...

It's the right time for California to ramp up its use of green building materials and technology. In a excellent initiative, with so much focus on global warming and environment, Lennar Homes, a Calif., company announced it was building the...