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    Tjep unveils the green and self-sufficient retreat house, the Isolée

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    Holidaying 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

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    iShack, the solar-powered makeshift house

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    People 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

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    The Transformation House uses solar energy to power up

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    Whoever 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

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    La Casa Ecologica de Botellas, a home made from 24,000 recycled bottles

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    Why 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

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    Netherlands plays home to two super-green housing developments

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    The 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

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    A Japanese House from Tostem Housing that the takes eco-friendly concept to a new level

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    Reducing 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

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    The environment loving 007 star, Pierce Brosnan builds super-green home

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    Bond 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

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    Sma x Eco House is equipped with photovoltaic cell modules and lithium ion batteries

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    Well, 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

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    Green and environment friendly home, unveiled at the 2010 Dwell on Design to be auctioned

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    Why 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

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    Eco-friendly house that traps sunlight to heat the rooms at night

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    Nicolas 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

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