dinsdag 23 november 2010

Luxury Earthship

Hmm, I am not sure if this can be called an earthship, but is sure is very luxurious!

http://emmas.blogg.se/2010/november/villa-vals-or-a-hole-in-the-mountain.html

vrijdag 25 juni 2010

Cargo bicycle

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This interesting concept builds on the already existing Dutch cargo bike. But as you power this bicycle with two persons it can carry much more cargo.

http://sync.nl/vrachtfiets-de-bakfiets-20/

http://www.vrachtfiets.nl/

dinsdag 2 maart 2010

Water stream = energy source

People have been using water streams as an energy source for ages. But it seems to have gone out of fashion. The Bourne Energy company might change that. They just released a statement that they are going to produce a device that delivers 500 watt for about $3000.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/backpack-hydroelectric-plant/

maandag 22 februari 2010

Building hotels smarter

The Dutch blog Sync has an interesting article about a student who wants to promote a smarter way of building hotels. He says it is ridiculous to promote reusing your towels while on the other hand the hotel itself consumes enormous amounts of enery. He wants to ditch concrete and replace it with steel and wood.

The original article can be found here:

http://sync.nl/stalen-hotel-met-een-jasje-van-hout/

Automatic translation can be found here.

zondag 7 februari 2010

Mobile watermaker

This might be an interesting technique to apply in an earthship as well: http://www.mobilewatermaker.nl/