Ecofriend

Eco Factor: Solar-powered system teaches the simple principles to go green. Designed by Valeria Bianco, the CLOVERS is a renewable energy education system that uses flexible solar panel technology to teach teenagers about the electricity usage of..

Eco Factor: Prototype electric vehicle powered by solar energy. A student team at the Waterloo Collegiate Institute has designed a Model-T replica that doesn’t drink gas but harnesses the abundant energy of the sun for power. The truck was built.

Eco Factor: Solar-powered aircraft designed for round-the-world flight. After six years of designing Solar Impulse aircraft, officially known as HB-SIA, was powered up in Switzerland. The test was performed by test pilot Markus Scherdel who...

Eco Factor: Sustainable building incorporates energy-saving systems and photovoltaic cells. Berlin and Paris based LIN have recently unveiled Cité du Design, a stunning international design center in Saint-Etienne. The sustainable project is...

Eco Factor: Concept powerboat designed to run on wind-powered electric motors. The use of electric engines in cars, motorcycles and yachts is nothing new. Though the vehicles where electric engines are used do their bit for the environment with...

Eco Factor: Storing solar energy in the form of hydrogen for fuel cells. The current technology might have enabled us to install a solar plant right on our rooftops, but all that energy is of no use if there isn’t enough storage medium...

Eco Factor: Christmas tree with 16,000 bulbs to be powered by solar energy. We still have more than a month left before Christmas, but there are many who have already started preparing for the celebrations. Brisbane is one of the first to have...

Eco Factor: Prototype house generates renewable electricity and reuses gray water. Broadway Malyan has designed a prototype sustainable dwelling for Sime Darby Property of Malaysia that will be used as an example of affordable green dwellings for.

Eco Factor: Concept manhole cover powered by hydroelectricity. Industrial designers Cheolyeon Jo and Youngsun Lee have come up with electronic manhole covers that apart from performing their primary function can also be used to direct you to the...

Eco Factor: Mobile solar-powered unit. Created with state-of-the-art materials and technology, GreenTow trailers are a clean and an efficient way to provide mobile power. The mixed-use trailers carry solar panels that can easily be adjusted to...