Renewable Energy Articles
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Engineered Timber, the Sustainable Building Material of the Future
17th April 2013
All around the world construction is an industry that consumes a lot of energy and is generally renowned for being unsustainable. One solution that is growing in popularity is the use of engineered wood, a sustainable material that is strong…
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Buildings to be Cooled without Air Conditioning Thanks to New Structure Design
9th April 2013
A team of Stanford researchers have designed a new form of structure that can cool a building even when the sun is shining. It leads to the possibility that homes and offices could be cooled without the need for air…
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Facebook’s Giant Green Roof Complete with Cafes, Parks, Walking Paths, etc.
1st April 2013
Menlow Park city council has just granted Facebook approval to build a huge campus next to its headquarters in Silicon Valley. The development will be built over 22 acres, and will house 2,800 employees. The 433,555 square foot building, designed…
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Turning Urine into Electricity
8th March 2013
Due to a shortage of readily available lavatories at the Rio de Janeiro Carnival in Brazil many of the thousands of festival goers often resort to going in the street. A problem that has led the city’s council to invest…
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Solar Sponge to Help with Carbon Capture and Sequestration
19th February 2013
Researchers at the Monash University, and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSRIO) in Australia have discovered a brand new material that can be used to efficiently capture, store, and release carbon dioxide emissions using sunlight. The discovered material…
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Vertical Forests Being Constructed in Milan
18th February 2013
In an effort to reduce inner city smog without sacrificing valuable real estate, a residential block/vertical forest is being constructed in the heart of Milan. The design, by Italian architect Stefano Boeri is known as Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest), and…
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