Architecture entries
Community Solar Gardens on the Rise!
Would You Pay for Solar on Someone Else’s Land? Community Solar Gardens on the Rise With even mainstream home builders offering solar options, and some tantalizing hints that solar could be as cheap as coal by 2015, interest in solar for homeowners looks set to rise in coming years. But what about renters, or those [...]
German Village Produces 321% More Energy Than It Needs
It’s no surprise that the country that has kicked butt at the Solar Decathlon competition (to produce energy positive solar houses) year after year is the home to such a productive energy-efficient village. The village’s green initiative first started in 1997 when the village council decided that it should build new industries, keep initiatives local, [...]
13-Year-Old Makes Solar Power Breakthrough
13-Year-Old Makes Solar Power Breakthrough by Harnessing the Fibonacci Sequence While most 13-year-olds spend their free time playing video games or cruising Facebook, one 7th grader was trekking through the woods uncovering a mystery of science. After studying how trees branch in a very specific way, Aidan Dwyer created a solar cell tree that produces [...]
Nano Gold Particles Used In Solar Energy Efficiency
Nano Gold Rush: Researchers use tiny gold particles to boost organic solar cell efficiency In the world of solar energy, organic photovoltaic solar cells have a wide range of potential applications, but they are still considered an upstart. While these carbon-based cells, which use organic polymers or small molecules as semiconductors, are much thinner and [...]
Stone Age Tunnels Connect From Scotland Down To The Mediterranean.
Going underground: The massive European network of Stone Age tunnels that weaves from Scotland to Turkey Evidence of tunnels has been found under hundreds of Neolithic settlements. That so many tunnels have survived after 12,000 years shows that the original network must have been enormous. Stone Age man created a massive network of underground tunnels [...]
Earthships Gives Back in Guatemala (Video)
Project Overview: Maria is a single mother struggling to raise five children, one of whom is a niece she adopted when her sister passed away. Both she and her youngest child are often sick, due to lack of adequate foods and malnutrition. They do have access to free water; however, it is unsafe to drink. [...]
BearClouds Vision to Recreate the Pyramids In Phoenix AZ
The Chameleon Pyramids Story Bearcloud’s Vision In 1999, Bearcloud had a vision when he saw a formation that appeared at West Kennett, Long Barrow in Avebury, England on August 4, 1999. At first the formation took on the appearance of fractaling squares. This Starglyph found its way into the world of many researchers. It left [...]
Survive the Elements: Survival Shelters
TYPES OF SHELTERS When looking for a shelter site, keep in mind the type of shelter (protection) you need. However, you must also consider– How much time and effort you need to build the shelter. If the shelter will adequately protect you from the elements (sun, wind, rain, snow). If you have the tools to [...]
Tennessee’s First GREEN Jail
Green jail featuring solar panels, geothermal heat pump to open in Nashville Solar panels on the white rooftop of Nashville’s newest jail – a hulking concrete building on Harding Place – face south to consume as much sun as they can. The new Metro building is Tennessee’s first LEED-certified, green detention center, slated to house [...]
Earthships Saves Haiti from Future Disasters
Haiti Disaster Relief All housing becomes permanent regardless. People live in it until it falls apart even if it was meant to be temporary. The Haiti Earthship Project is a permanent, sustainable structure that takes care of the people (clean water, sanitary sewage treatment) and requires very few skills which are easy to acquire. The [...]
