Eco News Bits

As environmentally conscious as some of us may be, it isn’t always easy to go about accumulating green points. Aside from walking to work, minimizing power consumption and responsibly disposing of waste, it can be difficult finding other ways to lighten our carbon footprint on the planet. In view of the increasing awareness of people to act more responsibly towards the environment, Superkul Inc Architect has designed a home that is eco friendly without compromising on aesthetics. The firm even won the Design Excellence Award for 2012 presented by Ontario Association of Architects in view of the work performed on +HOUSE in Canada’s Ontario.

+HOUSE by Superkül

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An affordable housing project of architects ACXT in Salburúa is all about sustainable housing. With a sustainable design this ACXT project claims to generate a substantial reduction in the structure’s carbon dioxide emissions. This residential development was completed in 2011. It integrates nine shops at ground level and up all the way is communal housing. You can view the block with a curve between four and seven levels. This forms the building’s outline, along with the edifice that rises above one side of that curve, with other twenty one floors.

Social housing scheme

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With increasing awareness about global warming and congestion on the roads, we need more hybrid varieties of vehicles or electric vehicles. This will help in reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting carbon footprint. And one great solution to this is the C-1 which is being nicknamed as the ‘rolling smartphone’. This name relates to its broad amalgamation with mobile gadgets. This electric vehicle (EV) utilizes gyroscopes to remain upright even during a crash or when stationary.

The rolling smartphone

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Every day new innovations and different products come up, as change is the way of life today. These smart and trendy products are most often environment friendly and are designed to cater to the needs of the general public. In today’s world of smart phones, every other person is looking for a place to charge their mobile devices. The Street Charge, coined by PENSA as “urban intervention” is a solar powered rest stop that lets you charge your mobile phones, on the way.

Urban Oasis

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‘Green is the new black’, this is the design motto of the future headquarters of the Green climate Fund Bonn. The Federal Republic of Germany has chosen Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) as their design partners for the project. Christened as ‘ecological model project,’ will be situated along the river Rhine and will be within walking distance of various departments, including department of nature conservation and nuclear safety, federal ministry of environment, etc.

green climate fund headquarters

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Since Rolls Royce unveiled the electric 102EX Phantom at the Geneva Motor Show,2011, it has got a rather lukewarm response from its wealthy customers. They are apparently apprehensive about its range and not willing to wait for an eight hour charging. Although industry experts and automotive writers are quiet happy with its performance, the electric luxury will never make it to production. We, at Ecofreind are sad that this electric marvel will remain just a prototype. Given after the break are some good reasons why the car is worth falling in love with.

Rolls-Royce Phantom

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Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer are gearing up for the June 5 season-two premiere of Franklin & Bash on TNT. The guys hold a special place in our '90s girl hearts, so when we got a chance to chat with them, we had to get their straightforward dating advice. And, of course, we brought up the '90s. How could we resist while talking to Saved by the Bell's Zack Morris and Clueless's Travis Birkenstock? Read more to find out what we learned.