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Tesla Tiny House Integrates Solar with Powerwall
Read the entire article at TreeHugger. Automotive and energy storage company Tesla’s innovations and concepts have been capturing the popular imagination for some time now, making electric cars aspirational and sexy, making waves with its solar roof shingles and disrupting the fossil fuel status quo with its massive, grid-scale batteries. The company is now making […]
Preparing for the Future: Lessons From Hurricane Sandy
Ground floor is not quite the term for it. At a new gallery, classroom and office building under construction in the West Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, the main floor is more than four feet above the ground. This is no mere design conceit. Elevated floors are an imperative in flood-prone areas like the site of the […]
Levi’s is Radically Redefining Sustainability
Levi’s is a crew conscious organization. Paul Dillinger, head of global product innovation at Levi Strauss & Co said, “What we’re trying to do is encourage our consumer to be conscious that when they purchase a pair of jeans, that is not an isolated event. The garment had an impact before they purchased it, in […]
Copenhagen tower encourages residents to grow greens
Read the full article online at http://newatlas.com “Danish firm Studio Lokal is planning to build a new residential high-rise on a former vegetable market in Copenhagen. Taking inspiration from this, the tower will offer each resident access to their own private balcony garden, with which they will be encouraged to grow their own fruit and […]
