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← Older postsTjep unveils the green and self-sufficient retreat house, the Isolée
March 5, 2013Holidaying could soon be a not-so-environmentally-harmful affair, thanks to this development by the Dutch design studio, Tjep. A self-sufficient retreat, the concept manages to brilliantly combine technology and integrated design and can be set up in a remote area without … Continue reading3
Posted in Architecture | Tagged House | Leave a commentiShack, the solar-powered makeshift house
January 11, 2013People living in slums and makeshift houses have their fair share of trouble trying to stay connected with urban grids. Giving the inhabitants of in the windswept slum of Enkanini, South Africa, some respite, is the iShack. A clever overhauled … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged House, Solar-Powered | Leave a commentThe Transformation House uses solar energy to power up
October 30, 2012Whoever said you need a plush apartment to satisfy all your residential needs! Designer Michael Jantzen’s latest design beats the traditionally designed home and is in essence a huge transforming house made up of 5 modular sections! Each of these … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged House, Solar-Energy, Transformation-House | Leave a commentLa Casa Ecologica de Botellas, a home made from 24,000 recycled bottles
November 29, 2011Why use bricks and the conformist materials for building your abode, when you could instead to the world and the environment as a whole a big favor and use recycled bottles instead! Alfredo Santa Cruz literally turned trash into a … Continue reading3
Posted in Recycle | Tagged House, Plastic_bottle | Leave a commentNetherlands plays home to two super-green housing developments
April 15, 2011The Dutch these days seem to be sprinting towards greener sources of energy, leaving the old polluting ways behind. Now, two home development projects in Netherlands are being tested for energy efficiency, and boast just about every automated-home energy system … Continue reading3
Posted in Architecture | Tagged House, Netherlands, Super-Green | Leave a commentA Japanese House from Tostem Housing that the takes eco-friendly concept to a new level
October 8, 2010Reducing your carbon footprint is not limited to merely eliminating carbon dioxide, but also means making it more robust and sustainable. How you ask? Well the Eyeful Home Company of Tostem Housing Institute Co Ltd in Japan has cracked that … Continue reading3
Posted in Architecture | Tagged Concept, Eco-Friendly, House, Japanese | Leave a commentThe environment loving 007 star, Pierce Brosnan builds super-green home
July 20, 2010Bond boy, Pierce Brosnan has pooled in his bucks for a green crib. Remembered best for his role playing the super spy James Bond, Brosnan has invested $9 million in building a mansion, to be powered by energy from the … Continue reading3
Posted in Architecture | Tagged "Green Building", "pierce brosnan", Home, House, malibu | Leave a commentSma x Eco House is equipped with photovoltaic cell modules and lithium ion batteries
July 16, 2010Well, the Japanese sure take their green energy seriously, so much, that homes will now be offered pre-fitted with lithium ion batteries out there. The Daiwa House Industry Co Ltd will soon start putting up homes with lithium-ion (Li-ion) rechargeable … Continue reading3
Posted in Architecture | Tagged "Lithium-ion batteries", "photovoltaic panel", House | Leave a commentGreen and environment friendly home, unveiled at the 2010 Dwell on Design to be auctioned
June 28, 2010Why live in a silly old concrete block apartment building, sucking energy out of the grid at every little point in your day, instead of living in a cleaner, greener and more environment friendly home? Well, Ecofabulous thought the same, … Continue reading3
Posted in Architecture | Tagged Auction, Eco_Home, Environment_friendly, House | Leave a commentEco-friendly house that traps sunlight to heat the rooms at night
January 26, 2010Nicolas Dorval-Bory and Emilio Marin have thought of an interesting dreamhouse for a ski-enthusiast. The speciality of this home is that it is made of ‘aerated concrete’. Though these blocks look like regular concrete, they are in fact filled with … Continue reading3
Posted in Architecture | Tagged "aerated concrete", Green, Heat-Pump, House, sunlight | Leave a comment ← Older posts