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Eco Factor: Solar-powered house from Germany wins Solar Decathlon 2009 competition. The Solar Decathlon 2009 saw participants from all over the globe aiming to develop the best possible solar-powered house in the world. The German team from the...

Eco Factor: Prefabricated home for Make It Right gets powered by solar energy. The biggest question racking the minds of eco-conscious home designers is how to keep houses high and dry when storms surge. Architects at Morphosis in Los Angeles have.

Eco Factor: Sustainably constructed home generates solar electricity and harvests rainwater. Designed by Farr Associates and constructed by Goldberg General Contracting, the Yannell Residence is often being referred to as one of the greenest...

Eco Factor: House designed to run on renewable energy. The need to develop houses that run on energy generated by on-site renewable energy generators is more of a necessity now than an eco-minded individual’s endeavor to save the planet....

Eco Factor: Lead-free batteries to power homes generating solar electricity. Homes that generate on-site electricity are the future. However, what all solar or wind powered homes need are batteries that can store all that electricity for days when.

Eco Factor: Prototype house generates more solar energy than it consumes. Students from the Boston Architectural College (BAC) and Tufts University have completed their green home for the upcoming Solar Decathlon competition, which will be one of..

Eco Factor: House powered by solar energy developed by student team at Santa Clara University. The biannual Solar Decathlon competition will be held this year in October. Universities from around the globe are trying out their ecofriendly home...

Eco Factor: Mobile shelter powered by solar energy. Architecture and Vision have designed a solar-powered mobile lounge, dubbed MercuryHouseOne, which seems to get inspiration from a computer mouse. Clad in Carrara marble, the stunning unit makes..

Eco Factor: Houseboat propelled by solar energy. Presently all houseboat designs limit innovation and their travel is limited to calm waterways, rivers, inlets and bays. The reason you can’t take your houseboat to the open ocean is that their...

Eco Factor: Sustainable house powered by solar energy. Competing for the first time in the Solar Decathalon, students at Rice University have developed a zero-energy house that they call the “Ze-Row Energy House.” Armed with solar panels and a.