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[8 Aug 2011 | No Comment | 2,776 views]
How to Build a Solar Powered Car

Farrukh Kahn, a student at the University of Engineering and Technology Lahore in Pakistan, built his own solar powered car in 18 days – proving that there is hope yet to…

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[25 Jul 2011 | No Comment | 2,814 views]
New EV Charging Stations to be Powered by Green Energy

GE and Urban Green Energy (UGE) have announced its newest collaboration dubbed the Sanya Skypump, an electric vehicle charging station that combines both GE’s WattStation and UGE’s Sanya hybrid wind/solar streetlamp technology. The station will provide consumers with green power to charge their EVs which will help to sustain…

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[18 Jul 2011 | No Comment | 11,460 views]
Benefits of Green Roofs

City centers have become a concrete haven for toxic fumes and stifling humidity. There are often few rural areas and limited vegetation which has led to densely populated areas being a huge contributor to global warming and climate change. Green roofs are becoming an increasingly popular way to help…

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[11 Jul 2011 | No Comment | 2,175 views]
Mitsubishi Unveils Solar Powered EV Charging Station

Mitsubishi Motors and Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc. have developed a new EV charging station powered solely by the sun. The charging station is powered by 96, 175W solar PV modules from Mitsubishi Electric and supports CHAdeMO-compatible EVs like the soon-to-drop Mitsubishi i. Its capable of charging up to four cars at once, and…

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[6 Jul 2011 | No Comment | 1,819 views]
Green Design | Germany’s Eco-Mosque

A recent survey, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, put 10 of the 12 German cities analyzed in the ‘above average’ category, which ranked higher than many of the other 29…