Eco Factor: Modular home to target LEED Platinum certification. Seattle-based developer Greenfab has announced that the company will be assembling the city’s first modular home that targets the prestigious LEED Platinum certification. The home...

Eco Factor: Concept charger harnesses wind energy to juice up the iPhone. Industrial designer Tjeerd Veenhoven has crafted an eco-friendly charger for the iPhone that wraps around the cellphone to offer some protection and also charge it using...

Eco Factor: Sustainable building made from bamboo and other natural materials. Eco-conscious architect and designer Vo Trong Nghia has created a sustainable café in the Binh Duong province of Vietnam, which has been crafted entirely from bamboo and...

Eco Factor: Oriental Hornet bodywork works as a natural photovoltaic material. Scientists from Israel and the UK have discovered that the Oriental Hornet has unique bodywork that works as a natural photovoltaic cell, converting sunlight and useful...

Eco Factor: 500GW of renewable electric power to be added to Chinese grid by 2020. The Chinese government has published an ambitious renewable energy plan for the next 10 years. The plan, which calls for a total of 500GW of renewable electrical power...

Eco Factor: Zero-emission tricycle powered by electric motors. With an aim to revolutionize personal urban transport for the betterment of the environment, designers Lorenz Nasdal and Laurent Hompesch have come up with a concept electric trike...

Eco Factor: New process could produce paper from hard to recycle products. Flexoresearch, a Thailand-based startup, has developed a new process to recover pulp and plastic from materials which until today were thought to be hard or impossible to...

Eco Factor: Organic photovoltaic solar cells with efficiency of 8.3 percent. The National Energy Renewable Laboratory has announced that Konarka Technologies’ new organic-based photovoltaic solar cells have demonstrated a record breaking 8.3...

Eco Factor: Concept electric car powered by solar and kinetic energy. The rise in pollution levels on highways has served as a catalyst in the development of clean electric vehicles. Taking advantage of the changing trends, industrial designers have...

Eco Factor: Concept wind turbine can be used to generate renewable energy. With the cost of energy rising with every passing day, designers over the world have focused their attention on systems that can help homeowners generate renewable energy to...