German artist Ha Schult has created a temporary five-room hotel in Madrid’s city center using materials found in landfills, beaches and flea markets. Christened the Beach Garbage Hotel, the installation has been created to protest marine pollution,...

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While electric vehicles do seem to be the obvious choice for a green future, most EVs on the roads today suffer from the same drawback of reduced driving range. In an effort to better the credentials of electric cars we’ve seen designers come up...

Eco Factor: Concept velomobile is grown using arborsculpture. The Ajiro is the brainchild of designer Alexander Vittouris and has been designed as an urban personal mobility system that is grown naturally rather than being created in a manufacturing...

Eco Factor: Efficient electric motors to be made without using Chinese rare earth materials. We all know that our much loved electric cars are propelled by electric motors that require rare earth materials, which are found in China. Since China is...

Eco Factor: Proposal to turn a light rail line into a sustainable development. With a new light rail line being proposed for Copenhagen suburbs that will connect 20 development zones with a total area of 11 square kilometers, the Bjarke Ingels Group...

Eco Factor: Zero-emission amphibious vehicle powered by electricity. The Manta concept vehicle is the brainchild of Belgium-based designer David Cardoso Loureiro and has been conceptualized for individuals who live close to a water body. The...

Eco Factor: Sustainable stadium to feature an internal garden that serves as a thermal buffer. Paris-based practice SCAU in collaboration with Morocco-based Archidesign has won an international competition to design the “Grande Stade De...

Eco Factor: Tidal power plant to help generate 250MW of renewable power for Indian state of Gujarat. London’s marine energy developer Atlantis Resources Corporation has signed a MoU with the government of Gujarat to set up India’s first...

Eco Factor: Wood glues with zeolite help improve air quality indoors. Researchers believe that up to 85 percent of all wood materials that include particleboard and plywood are made using adhesives that carry formaldehyde, which according to WHO is a...