Eco Factor: Zero-energy residential concept based around sustainability.
A project collaborative of a group of architecture firms, Team+, has been chosen as winners to construct a zero-energy residential concept in Aalborg, Denmark that is based around sustainability and high architectural quality. Dubbed the Bolig+, the design maximizes sun exposure, while protecting the building from unnecessary heat gain.
Eco Factor: Efficient turbine engine for extended-range hybrid car.
Israel’s ETV Motors has unveiled a proof-of-concept extended range hybrid vehicle, in the shell of a Toyota Prius, which the company claims can run for 50 miles on a single charge. Unlike other extended range vehicles that rely on convention piston engines to refuel the batteries, ETV’s car features a small, clean, quiet, efficient and inexpensive jet turbine engine.
Eco Factor: Concept car to be powered by a low-emission engine.
Honda has unveiled the Personal-Neo Urban Transport (P-NUT), an ultra-compact and sophisticated city couple. The three-seater vehicle is designed to be powered by an ecofriendly low-emission engine that can include a low-emission IC engine, hybrid-electric or an all-electric setup.
Eco Factor: Air purification system removes 99.97% of pollutants in air.
Sanyo has launched a new home-use air purification system that according to the company can remove airborne pollen, allergy-causing dust, bacteria and germs. Dubbed the Air Washer Plus, the system features a unique electrolyzed water technology that works in tandem with a HEPA filter to remove 99.97% of particles 0.3 micrometers in diameter from the air.
Eco Factor: Energy-saving data center relies on energy-efficient servers and on-site power generation.
Syracuse University has announced the development of the Green Data Center, which has been built with partners IBM and New York State. The $12.4 million, 12,000-square-foot data center, dubbed the Green Data Center, is designed to be one of the greenest data centers in the world, with an expected energy savings of up to 50%.
Eco Factor: Zero-emission all-electric car designed to be constructed from lightweight materials.
Inspired by an owl, the Halcyon, by auto designer Ralph Tayler-Webb is a clean, efficient, ultra-lightweight and eerily silent concept car that has been targeted towards nature-loving individuals. In harmony with the landscape for which it was formed, it treads lightly and leaves the wilderness just as wild as you found it.