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"Green" Ziggurat In Japan
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ACROS is an amazing mixed use building in Japan that is worth checking out. From one side it looks like the usual glass covered city building. The other side is a difference of night and day. Five thousand plants let the building blend into the park below.
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Sustainable Design Slide Show
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New Substance, "Elastic Water", Invented In Japan
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Tokyo University researchers have invented a new substance called Elastic Water. Incredibly it's made of 95% water and a small amount of other organic materials. Researchers say that it self repairs and can be use to stick human tissue together.
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Energy Star's Deficiencies Are Being Investigated
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The EPA and DOE are attempting to fix Energy Star's many problems. Surprisingly federal investigators were able to receive Energy Star approval for 15 of 20 fake products. Many rely on Energy Star to buy energy efficient and responsible products. A change is necessary for consumers to continue trusting Energy Star's standards.
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A printer that uses no toner or ink. SOLD!
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A rewritable office printer that uses no ink or toner? Those crazy Chinese;)
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Nauhaus Prototype Project Is A Hemp-Built House First
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An interview with Ian Pritchett about the Nauhaus Project paving the way for homes built with Hemcrete, a building material made of hemp that is carbon negative, breathable and 100% biodegradable. This pilot project is the first in the United States, and may create a competitor for carbon intensive concrete.
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New Technology Uses WiFi to Charge Batteries
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Broadcastable Power is the stuff of SciFi dreams, but RCA says it has developed a way to capture WiFi signals and use them to charge a battery
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Renewable Plastics from Sugar Cane?
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Plastics maker Tetra Pak is working on a cooperative plan to make a portion of its food and beverage containers from sugar cane based ethylene rather than petroleum
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Calfornia Mandates 50% Reduction in Television Energy Use by 2013
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Again paving the way for the rest of the nation, California mandates that all televisions sold in the state must cut their electric use in half in just three years.
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LED Lighting, Not Quite Ready For Prime Time
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A look into where current LED technology stands in replacing our current lighting fixtures. Does it live up to the hype?
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