mothernaturenetwork: A DIY smart home fit for a tech legendIn a video tour that’s sure to make techies week at the knees, computer programmer Loren Amelang shows off his woodsy yet completely wired Mendocino County, Calif. smart home.

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A DIY smart home fit for a tech legend
In a video tour that’s sure to make techies week at the knees, computer programmer Loren Amelang shows off his woodsy yet completely wired Mendocino County, Calif. smart home.

posted on 12.04.10

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fuckyeahengineers: Highway or Power Plant?

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Highway or Power Plant?

posted on 12.03.21

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Tags: pv . transportation . solar . 

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mothernaturenetwork: Beijing’s incredible, inedible egg houseWhat’s an architect to do when he can’t afford to pay rent in one of the most expensive cities in the world? Erect a solar-powered, grass-clad, egg-shaped hut on the streets of Beijing, of course.

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Beijing’s incredible, inedible egg house
What’s an architect to do when he can’t afford to pay rent in one of the most expensive cities in the world? Erect a solar-powered, grass-clad, egg-shaped hut on the streets of Beijing, of course.

posted on 12.02.15

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Tags: china . green roof . solar . deployable architecture . 

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Cornell and Technion have just been awarded a coveted city grant to build their SOM-designed applied science campus on Roosevelt Island.

posted on 11.12.20

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Tags: green . solar . architecture . sustainable . 

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mototerra: sivales: One day…. Here!

mototerra:

sivales:

One day….

Here!

(Source: missdior-x)

posted on 11.12.12

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Tags: tropical . solar . waterfront . architecture . 

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acidadebranca: Black & White Plans [384]   THE SOLAR TEMPLE OF AMEN-RA AT KARNAK, EGYPT via

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Black & White Plans

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THE SOLAR TEMPLE OF AMEN-RA AT KARNAK, EGYPT

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posted on 11.12.05

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mothernaturenetwork: Building luxury underground bunkers seems to be all the rage these days, and there’s really no reason not to reserve a space in one. After all, paper currency is going to be useless in a post-apocalyptic world so you might as well spend your money now, right? Built in a former Atlas-F missile solo, Survival Condo extends 200 feet below the Earth’s surface and is powered by solar panels, a generator and its own wind turbine. You’ll even dine on a diet of organic produce and homegrown fish fresh from the facility’s state-of-the-art hydroponic and aquaculture center.Check out our other suggestions for the best places in the U.S. to survive the apocalypse.

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Building luxury underground bunkers seems to be all the rage these days, and there’s really no reason not to reserve a space in one. After all, paper currency is going to be useless in a post-apocalyptic world so you might as well spend your money now, right? Built in a former Atlas-F missile solo, Survival Condo extends 200 feet below the Earth’s surface and is powered by solar panels, a generator and its own wind turbine. You’ll even dine on a diet of organic produce and homegrown fish fresh from the facility’s state-of-the-art hydroponic and aquaculture center.

Check out our other suggestions for the best places in the U.S. to survive the apocalypse.

posted on 11.11.30

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Tags: solar . wind . garden . aquaponics . 

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quantumaniac: Scientists Develop Solar Panels that Work in the Dark Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced today (November 30th) that they have developed and confirmed the design for a new high-efficiency solar cell that utilizes nearly the entire solar spectrum, instead of simply visible light! This solar panel can generate electricity in the absence of direct sunlight, meaning that they can work in the dark! In the past, solar cells have used certain semiconductors to channel and utilize one part of the spectrum. However, this new design uses layers of various materials to make use of nearly the entire solar spectrum! 

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Scientists Develop Solar Panels that Work in the Dark

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced today (November 30th) that they have developed and confirmed the design for a new high-efficiency solar cell that utilizes nearly the entire solar spectrum, instead of simply visible light! This solar panel can generate electricity in the absence of direct sunlight, meaning that they can work in the dark! In the past, solar cells have used certain semiconductors to channel and utilize one part of the spectrum. However, this new design uses layers of various materials to make use of nearly the entire solar spectrum! 

posted on 11.11.30

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As lavish birthday gifts go, it’s hard to top this one: Naomi Campbell received an island vacation home for her 41st birthday from her Russian billionaire boyfriend Vladislav Doronin, according to numerous online reports. It’s shaped like the Egyptian Eye of Horus on a location known as Cleopatra Island in Turkey’s Gulf of Gökova

(Source: Yahoo!)

posted on 11.09.29

Tags: green . diagram . sustainable . solar . wind . 

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mothernaturenetwork: Fire up those photovoltaics, ladies and gents … the 2011 Solar Decathlon is upon us. Here’s a sneak peak of the innovative Solar Decathlon houses.

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Fire up those photovoltaics, ladies and gents … the 2011 Solar Decathlon is upon us. Here’s a sneak peak of the innovative Solar Decathlon houses.

posted on 11.09.09

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Tags: architecture . design . energy . environment . solar . pv . 

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mothernaturenetwork: Welcome to the sustainable future. These ‘grove’ parking lots not only shade cars during the day, but they also recharge the electric cars sitting below them with solar power.

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Welcome to the sustainable future. These ‘grove’ parking lots not only shade cars during the day, but they also recharge the electric cars sitting below them with solar power.

posted on 11.07.26

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Tags: solar . pv . Renewable Energy . 

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annaovchinnikova: I imagine myself rocking and rocking and rocking… while being green and sustainable :)

annaovchinnikova:

I imagine myself rocking and rocking and rocking… while being green and sustainable :)

posted on 11.05.10

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Clip-On Architecture

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posted on 11.05.06

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sustainable-sam: alexanderpf: Earthships sound like they might just beam us beyond our current laws of reality, and they delightfully look like it too. Architect Mike Reynolds has been developing his Earthships for decades, traveling from their base in Taos, New Mexico to Haiti, China, and even the Lower East Side of Manhattan. An Earthship derives its electricity from the sun and wind, its water from rain and snow, and its temperature regulation from the earth. An internal sewage treatment system means each drop of water is used four times, feeding lush wetlands of flowers and vegetables. The walls are literally made of trash: tires filled with dirt, glorious stained glass windows of old beer bottles. It doesn’t get much more radically self-sustainable than this, folks. via unconsumption More: Hitching a Ride on an Earthship :: Etsy Blog Jeffrey prefers the layout of these compared to just a little cob house, which is fine by me, they make so much more sense, and we can have a good yield of food indoors as well. I prefer the idea of having one long house instead of a few smaller buildings which is something we’ve also been looking at. No rush, we have to work on getting that land first :) 

sustainable-sam:

alexanderpf:

Earthships sound like they might just beam us beyond our current laws of reality, and they delightfully look like it too. Architect Mike Reynolds has been developing his Earthships for decades, traveling from their base in Taos, New Mexico to Haiti, China, and even the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

An Earthship derives its electricity from the sun and wind, its water from rain and snow, and its temperature regulation from the earth. An internal sewage treatment system means each drop of water is used four times, feeding lush wetlands of flowers and vegetables. The walls are literally made of trash: tires filled with dirt, glorious stained glass windows of old beer bottles. It doesn’t get much more radically self-sustainable than this, folks.

via unconsumption More: Hitching a Ride on an Earthship :: Etsy Blog

Jeffrey prefers the layout of these compared to just a little cob house, which is fine by me, they make so much more sense, and we can have a good yield of food indoors as well. I prefer the idea of having one long house instead of a few smaller buildings which is something we’ve also been looking at. No rush, we have to work on getting that land first :) 

posted on 11.05.06

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Tags: green . architecture . organic . solar . Renewable Energy . garden . recycled . 

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A team of researchers from Boston College and MIT have developed a hybrid flat panel that is capable of producing electricity from the sun’s rays as well as hot water for thermal energy. The team’s new flat panel is eight times more efficient than previously developed solar thermoelectric generators and could make solar thermoelectric technology more cost effective on a wider scale. Solar Thermal energy is expensive and generally employed in large installations — like the one above — with this new flat panel, solar thermal energy could become a much more valuable investment. The team has increased the energy output without adding much to the dollar sign side of the equation.   In order to develop the panels the team used nanotechnology to combine spectrally-selective solar absorbers in a vacuum sealed chambers with high-performance thermoelectric materials. “Existing solar-thermal technologies do a good job generating hot water. For the new product, this will produce both hot water and electricity,” said Boston College professor of physics, Zhifeng Ren. “Because of the new ability to generate valuable electricity, the system promises to give users a quicker payback on their investment. This new technology can shorten the payback time by one third.” The added materials doesn’t make the panel much more expensive than existing solar thermal technology — but increases the energy generation dramatically — which means this could be a big development in clean energy markets.”We have developed a flat panel that is a hybrid capable of generating hot water and electricity in the same system,” said Ren. “The ability to generate electricity by improving existing technology at minimal cost makes this type of power generation self-sustaining from a cost standpoint.” Via PhysOrg Read more: New Solar-Thermal Flat Panels Are Eight Times More Efficient than Existing Technology New Solar-Thermal Flat Panels Generate Electricity and Hot Water All at Once – Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World 

A team of researchers from Boston College and MIT have developed a hybrid flat panel that is capable of producing electricity from the sun’s rays as well as hot water for thermal energy. The team’s new flat panel is eight times more efficient than previously developed solar thermoelectric generators and could make solar thermoelectric technology more cost effective on a wider scale. Solar Thermal energy is expensive and generally employed in large installations — like the one above — with this new flat panel, solar thermal energy could become a much more valuable investment. The team has increased the energy output without adding much to the dollar sign side of the equation.

 

In order to develop the panels the team used nanotechnology to combine spectrally-selective solar absorbers in a vacuum sealed chambers with high-performance thermoelectric materials. “Existing solar-thermal technologies do a good job generating hot water. For the new product, this will produce both hot water and electricity,” said Boston College professor of physics, Zhifeng Ren. “Because of the new ability to generate valuable electricity, the system promises to give users a quicker payback on their investment. This new technology can shorten the payback time by one third.”

The added materials doesn’t make the panel much more expensive than existing solar thermal technology — but increases the energy generation dramatically — which means this could be a big development in clean energy markets.”We have developed a flat panel that is a hybrid capable of generating hot water and electricity in the same system,” said Ren. “The ability to generate electricity by improving existing technology at minimal cost makes this type of power generation self-sustaining from a cost standpoint.”

Via PhysOrg



Read more: New Solar-Thermal Flat Panels Are Eight Times More Efficient than Existing Technology New Solar-Thermal Flat Panels Generate Electricity and Hot Water All at Once – Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World 

posted on 11.05.02

Tags: solar . pv . 

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