Eco Factor: Zero-emission motorcycles to be powered by electricity.
KTM is planning to unveil the Supermoto and the Enduro version of its new electric motorbike at the Tokyo Motorcycle Show next week. The company describes these bikes as near-series prototypes which can be made available by next year.
Eco Factor: Record sleeve doubles as a human-powered record player.
Audio engineering company GGRP Sound has unveiled a unique cardboard record sleeve, used mostly to protect the record for any damage, which here doubles as an environmentally-friendly record player. The corrugated cardboard sleeve can be opened up and converted into a human-powered record player.
Eco Factor: Sustainable school building harvests solar energy.
Pugh + Scarpa Architects have unveiled the designs of a new school building for Animo Leadership High School that targets to get LEED or CHPS certification. Due to the site’s location near Los Angeles International Airport and within a quarter mile of the 105 Freeway, the school building had to cater to noise and air quality concerns.
Eco Factor: Self-sufficient multiple use building powered by renewable energy.
Mostly bamboo is seen as a traditional building material that is no more in use in many parts of the world. A team of designers at Geotectura is trying to merge the traditional benefits of bamboo with the need for sustainable buildings of today in a multiple use building dubbed the Bamboo Diamonds.
Eco Factor: Universal charger harvests solar energy to charge handheld devices.
MOSeco has unveiled its new ES905 universal charger that has been designed for all those, who’re always interested in a camping trip. The universal charger has been designed to harvest solar energy during the day to charge a wide range of portable electronic devices, including mobile phones and digital cameras.
Eco Factor: Self-sustainable blimp for military uses harvests solar energy for propulsion.
DARPA is working on a high-altitude reconnaissance and surveillance platform dubbed the Integrated Sensor Is The Structure (ISIS) that will be able to hover above the horizon near to conflict zones and feed real time radar data to troops and smart weapons. This fully-automated blimp is designed to take off from a permanent ground base in the U.S. and fly automatically to any point on the planet within 10 days.
Eco Factor: Device monitors energy consumption and helps users conserve.
Tendril has announced that the company will be launching its next generation in-home energy display next week at DistribuTECH, the nation’s leading trade show focused on utility energy distribution and efficiency. Dubbed Vision, the revolutionary device allows people to link directly with their utility to get meaningful and real-time information about their energy use and cost.
Eco Factor: Zero-emission bus powered by electric motors.
Students at UT Delft in the Netherlands have come up with a prototype Superbus, which has been designed to make public transportation attractive. The all-electric machine is outfitted with a carbon-fiber shell, a low chassis and 16 individual gullwing doors.
Eco Factor: Self-sustaining tower designed for Olympic Games 2016.
RAFAA Architecture & Design has proposed a self-sustaining tower for the 2016 Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro. Dubbed Solar City Tower, the architecture will help Rio start a global green movement for sustainable development of urban structures.
Eco Factor: Concept car powered by electric motors.
The Audi E/0 by designer Constantine Taranova is a futuristic zero-emission vehicle that has been designed for fashionable women of the future who will love to spend their time in a pedestrian city. The all-electric vehicle can be used in two different modes – Audi E and Audi 0, depending on the area of use.
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