Hilton Gives Gently Used Furnishings a New Life with Good360
by: Greener Design, 2011-11-23 14:00:00 UTC
Hilton Worldwide has found a new way to give its surplus and gently used items a second life.
‘Power Showers’ Are Worse For the Environment Than Baths
by: Inhabitat , 2011-11-22 21:42:46 UTC
For the years, the argument for taking a shower over a bath has made sense: showers use much less water, therefore they are better for the environment as well as your utility bill. However a new study conducted in the UK by Unilever found that modern power showers actually use twice as much energy as a bath, and some people even use twice as much water.
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The CDP's Water Report Offers a New Paradigm for Water Management
by: Greener Design, 2011-11-21 19:21:49 UTC
The key findings of the first look at how global firms are managing water risk further highlights the risks that water pose to company operations, what the opportunities are for forward-thinking companies, and where the impacts will be felt first.
Phone Recycling and Environmental Sustainability
by: Environmental Leader, 2011-11-22 11:18:55 UTC
AT&T promo video about designing products with the environment in mind and using environmentally safe packaging.
Water Bottle Filler, Mobile Market Win Chicago Innovation Awards
by: Environmental Leader, 2011-11-22 14:00:03 UTC
A bottle filling station for drinking water designed by Elkay, a construction fleet tracking system by Navman Wireless and a school bus converted into a market selling local produce are some of the green products to be honored at the 2011 Chicago Innovation Awards. The EZH2O bottle filling station (pictured) provides a rapid fill for [...]
Bacteria and pedal power could be the future of kitchens – The Guardian
by: Dezeen, 2011-11-22 16:40:13 UTC
Dezeen Wire: design critic Justin McGuirk says that a kitchen concept by Dutch electrical company Philips that uses decomposition to generate methane gas for cooking is an example of how we may “have to get more comfortable with bacteria and with putrefaction’s role in our ecosystem” – The Guardian
McGuirk claims the Microbial kitchen concept‘s “steampunk” aesthetic offers “an alternative vision to the clinical kitchen,” and also mentions the trend for low-tech kitchen appliances, such as designer Christoph Thetard’s pedal-powered devices, which he says represent a reaction to the impending energy crisis.
Last year Dezeen published a report on Food and Design, including examples of low-tech gadgets for preserving and preparing ingredients and concepts for growing food in the kitchen.
The Small World of Multi-functional Furniture
by: mocoloco, 2011-11-20 18:09:45 UTC
New tech allows lithium batteries to charge faster, and hold charge longer
by: Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine, 2011-11-20 23:45:35 UTC
For those of us using smart phones, an all-too-familiar problem is that of a dead battery. The computing power, as well as the multi-purpose abilities of modern-day phones is nothing short of amazing. However, until battery life catches up with the functionality, we're still forced to carry multiple devices. For example, what good is 32GB of memory to store music and movies if it leaves me with a dead phone after an hour or two of my favorite tunes? Even though my phone can easily handle the music and movie abilities of my iPod, I still carry the iPod. I still have a GPS in my car, even though my phone is more than capable. New technology from Northwestern University is aiming to change all that. Engineers there have created an electrode for lithium-ion batteries - the rechargeables commonly found in our devices - that allows them to run ten times longer, while only taking only one-tenth of the time to charge...
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