London to Heat Apartments with Waste Heat from Subway

Source: treehugger.com Published: November 21, 2013 © London Underground Lloyd Alter The London Transport poster is correct; it IS warmer below. So warm, in fact, that Transport for London is going to give some of it a way, to the Bunhill Heat and Power Network, which...

Flushing Toilets May Help Power Homes in South Korea

Source: inhabitat.com Published: April 21, 2014 Scientists in South Korea have come up with a way to use the mechanical energy of flowing water as a sustainable energy source. The research shows how the energy potential of flushing toilets can be utilized to help...

Singapore Solar-Powered Supertrees

Source: digitaltrends.com Published: November 21, 2013 Image via Wikimedia Commons. By Drew Prindle They might look like something out of a futuristic sci-fi movie, but believe it or not, these crazy structures actually exist, and have been standing tall in Singapore...

Thanks To Seed Savers, Glass Gem Corn Exists

Source: mnn.com Published: April 15, 2014 Glass Gem corn Is an old variety of corn with kernels that come in an absolutely stunning array of colors. (Photo: timlewisnm [CC BY-SA 2.0]/Flickr) Robin Shreeves Thanks to seed savers, Glass Gem corn exists This stunning,...

Hydroponic Farm in Brooklyn Serves Up Fresh Veggies for Food Bank

Source: treehugger.com Published: April 15, 2014 © CAMBA Margaret Badore CAMBA is a non-profit based in Brooklyn that provides a number of social support services, including legal aid, economic development, health and education services. The organization has run a...

Brooklyn’s Barclays Center to Sprout a Giant Green Roof

Source: brooklynpaper.com Published: April 8, 2014 Green giant: Developer Forest City Ratner and its Chinese-government partner will build a green roof on top of the Barclays Center that will help muffle noise from big-ticket events. Forest City Ratner By Megan Riesz...

UC Davis and Honda Unveil Smart Home for a Zero-Carbon Future

Source: ecowatch.com Published: April 2, 2014 Brandon Baker Honda and the University of California, Davis aren’t particularly known for constructing homes, but an ambitious project places the two entities at the forefront of designing homes capable of producing...

San Francisco Is Joining the Textile Recycling Party

Source: mnn.com Published: January 16, 2014 Photo: miltedflowerh/Flickr Matt Hickman Say what you will about San Francisco, a magical place where the football stadiums feature edible gardens and the apartments boast butterfly habitats, but there’s no denying that the...

Architect Uses Ancient Techniques to Cool Modern Building in India

Source: treehugger.com Published: February 29, 2012 © Morephogenesis Lloyd Alter Kris De Decker of No Tech Magazine ” refuses to assume that every problem has a high-tech solution”, and points to yet another example of how low-tech solutions can work very...