Dance Floor That Generates Electricity: Party Power

Source: sustainabledanceclub.com Published: May 10, 2013 Energy Floors developed the Sustainable Dance FloorTM and launched it in 2008 as the world’s first energy generating floor. It is an eye-catching dance floor which can be installed in customized ways for various...

Scientists Discover Methods of Harvesting Electricity from Plants

Source: inhabitat.com Published: May 9, 2013 Images via University of Georgia and Wikicommons user Pinpin. by Inhabitat Staff When it comes to capturing solar energy, plants are first in their class. Able to function at nearly 100 percent quantum efficiency, they can...

A Solar-Powered Plug That Sticks to Windows and Out from The Crowd

Source: mnn.com Published: May 3, 2013 Sure, there are a few kinks to be worked out, but the designers behind the clever and unfussy Window Socket are onto something: A solar converter-charger that serves as an outlet on windows, not walls. Photos: Kyuho Song and Boa...

Jane Fonda’s Newest Project: A House Powered by Exercise

Source: curbed.com Published: May 2, 2013 by Sarah Firshein What’s Jane Fonda up to these days, other than spending millions on real estate in Beverly Hills? The empress of exercise, along with Spanish design firm Elli Studio, may have put forth the craziest...

Brazil’s Inhotim Is A Sustainable Art Park

Source: treehugger.com Published: April 26, 2013 Bonnie Alter Inhotim is part sustainable botanical garden, part artistic wonder. Located in Brazil, its 240 sprawling acres sit on what was once a mining site. Today it’s a carefully tended landscape that includes lush...

Build a Solar Cooker for Just $5

Source: treehugger.com Published: April 29, 2013 © sclausson at Instructables Derek Markham A lot of the solar technology that hits the news tends to be a bit on the high-tech side, such as photovoltaic and concentrating solar power devices, but taking advantage of...