by Petz Scholtus, Barcelona – December 27, 2007 via TreeHugger.Com
We covered the brilliant work of Bioregional before, such as the BedZED eco-housing project and the Laundry, a paper recycling system. Bioregional has developed another recycling scheme at a more local scale, specifically for London and has also applied it to Surrey so far. Local Paper [...]
December 27th, 2007
Local Paper for London: Get your Own (Recycled) Paper Back
HouseOfPulp in Carbon Reduction, Eco-Friendly, Environment, Paper, Products, Recyclability, Recycling, Sustainability, TreeHugger.Com
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December 20th, 2007
Growing pains for green transportation
By Michael Kanellos – December 20, 2007 via News.Com
It was another strong year for green transportation, but a lot of potential pitfalls in the industry became more apparent.
Just ask ethanol producers for the evidence. In 2005 and 2006, investors flocked to traditional ethanol makers, allowing companies like VeraSun Energy to go public. The high prices [...]
December 19th, 2007
Solar-Powered String Lights: Love or Leave?
by GeekSugar – December 19, 2007 via GeekSugar.Com
If you want to pimp the outside of your house with a ton of Christmas lights but don’t want to spend a small fortune on the electricity bill, consider Solar-Powered Lights.
December 19th, 2007
Honda Targets Toyota’s Hybrid Dominance
HouseOfPulp in BusinessWeek.Com, Carbon 0 (Zero-Carbon), Carbon Reduction, Eco-Friendly, Hybrid Cars, Transport
by Ian Rowley – December 19, 2007 via BusinessWeek.Com
Considering the environment for auto sales in Honda’s (HMC) two largest markets, Japan and North America, company chief Takeo Fukui looked remarkably relaxed as he delivered his outlook for the year ahead in Tokyo Dec. 19. It didn’t take long to understand why. During the address [...]
December 19th, 2007
Green Building Sketch-Up Models Presented in Google Earth
HouseOfPulp in Architecture, Carbon Reduction, Design, Energy Efficient, LEED, SustainaBlog.Org, Sustainability
by Elizabeth Redmond – December 19, 2007 via SustainaBlog.Org
With the portfolio of commercial and urban green building projects happening across the globe right now, how is it possible to see them all? For those of us who are construction fanatics we like to see them in person but flying to location is definitely not the [...]
December 17th, 2007
Anatomy of a Building
by Craig Webb as told to Jade Chang – July 20, 2007 via MetropolisMag.Com
Craig Webb, a partner and project designer at Gehry Partners, discusses several of the challenges and the innovative solutions involved in the creation of New York’s InterActiveCorp headquarters. The full story from our June issue can be found here.
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On most of [...]
December 17th, 2007
Attack of the Dome Homes
HouseOfPulp in Architecture, Carbon Reduction, Design, Dome Homes, Energy Efficient, ReclaimedHome.Com
by RH – December 11, 2007 via ReclaimedHome.Com
An old article on Hudson Valley Magazine lead me to singer Peggy Atwood’s site about her monolithic dome in the Catskills. She decided to have it built after nearly losing a house to a tornado in Tennessee and another near miss Upstate due to a forest fire.
Granted, all [...]
December 17th, 2007
Phoenix Motorcars Titillating Lithium Titinate Batteries
HouseOfPulp in Carbon Reduction, Design, Eco-Friendly, Electric Vehicle, GreenTechGazette, Technology, Transport
by admin – December 17th, 2007 via GreenTechGazette.Com
Phoenix Motorcars may just be the Next Big Thing in electric vehicles. And, these next big things will likely be produced in Mexico according to the latest reports. Last week, I talked about the promise for lithium iron phosphate batteries (LiFePO4) taking over the electric vehicle market.
December 17th, 2007
Fuel Cells Help Make Noisy, Hot Generators A Thing Of The Past
HouseOfPulp in Carbon Reduction, Energy Efficient, Environment, Fuel Cells, Hydrogen, ScienceDaily.Com
by DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – December 17, 2007 via ScienceDaily.Com
Advances in fuel desulfurization and reforming lead to a successful demonstration of a portable fuel cell system using JP-8 military jet fuel.
December 16th, 2007
Barens Konstmuseum by Jacob Dahlgren and Medium
December 16th, 2007 via dezeen.com
Swedish creative studio Medium has completed a mini art museum for children, contained in a wooden box inside a grown-up art gallery.
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