Prefab housing isn’t what it used to be. While we typically think of cheap, low-quality mobile homes when think of prefabricated construction, the world’s top architects and engineers are looking to prefab housing as way to create sustainable urban environments. Since prefab housing is affordable, energy efficient, and incredibly quick-to-build, creative designers are hoping to… Continue reading Prefab high-rises may soon dominate city skylines
Tag: sustainability
How To Save The Earth? With Cows on Treadmills
That headline up there may sound like Monty Python-esque absurdity, but it’s quite real. Or at least half of it is. At a farm in Northern Ireland, farmer William Taylor is putting his cows on treadmills – not to lose weight, but to generate electricity. Yes, really. The treadmills are placed at a slight incline,… Continue reading How To Save The Earth? With Cows on Treadmills
Solution To Transportation Woes? A Grown Up TrikE
Cycling: good for you, good for the environment – and good for making your butt look toned and hot. Right? Yes – until it rains. Or gets cold. Or gets windy. Then it can suck. Turn to cars, then? Sure. But they’re expensive to buy and run, often not great for the planet and let’s… Continue reading Solution To Transportation Woes? A Grown Up TrikE
A Robot to Light Up Your Life (or at least your home)
You thought the way the Solar Pebble slapped the sun around was pretty cool, right? Right? Here’s another great way we mancreatures are bringing the sun to its knees as a sustainable energy source. That is, sustainable until the sun explodes in like 5 billion years. But that’s irrelevant. Until then, we have the Sundolier!… Continue reading A Robot to Light Up Your Life (or at least your home)
‘Gas-powered’ Alarm Clock Beats the System
I really, really hope I never get audited like this. Surely you know of EnergyStar – if you’re a PC user, you probably see their logo every time you boot up your machine. They’re the guys in charge of setting up guidelines to regulate the power consumption and efficiency of products. Recently, a bunch of… Continue reading ‘Gas-powered’ Alarm Clock Beats the System