We’ve heard of vertical gardens but what about vertical forests? The Mountain Forest Hotel in Guizhou, China’s Wanfeng Valley is a carbon-sucking, sky-high marvel created by Milan-based architect Stefano Boeri. The Mountain Forest Hotel, located in Guizhou, China, is so green that it will improve the air surrounding it. Photo credit: Stefano Boeri Architetti China […]
A former telecommunications building in The Hague, Netherlands has been transformed into Europe’s largest commercial urban food production facility. Farming at the next level. The UF002 De Schilde is a rooftop farm in The Hague that’s estimate to grow 45 tons of vegetables a year and is Europe’s largest urban farm. Photo credit: UrbanFarmers / UrbanFarmers […]
Swale, a floating garden of edible plants, is about to embark on New York City’s Hudson River this June. The vessel consists of a 80-by-30-foot platform that sits atop recycled shipping containers. The garden will feature fruit trees and other plants such as scallions, rosemary, blueberries, wild leek, radicchio, ramps, sea kale and more, according to Curbed. Visitors will be able to […]
Cochin International Airport, the world’s first 100 percent solar airport, is generating so much power from its massive solar array that the airport no longer pays for electricity. Cochin International Airport is the world’s first fully solar powered airport in the world. Located in the state of Kerala, the Cochin is the fourth largest airport in India in terms […]
Facebook’s Menlo Park, California headquarters features an impressive, 9-acre rooftop garden—a welcome reprieve for the social media giant’s 2,800 employees. “Our goal was to create the perfect engineering space for our teams to work together,” Facebook honcho Mark Zuckerberg wrote last March about the company’s new HQ and rooftop garden. “We wanted our space to […]
An old steel box might not sound like the coziest place to live, but for many people around the world, a humble shipping container means “home, sweet, home.” From Berlin to Bangalore to London, people all over are shacking up in shipping containers. And now, Copenhagen-based container architecture firm CPH Shelter and architect Søren Nielsen, a partner at Danish […]
Companies are tapping into cities’ underground networks of steam pipes as a source of clean energy. “Green steam,” as it’s called, “recaptures and reuses thermal energy previously lost to the environment, utilizing advanced cogeneration technology,” according to Paris-based Veolia, which operates a dozen of these networks in North American cities including Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Montreal. […]
Earthship homes are off-grid dwellings that are some of the greenest and most economical buildings in the world. They are made from recycled materials such as glass bottles, old tires, reclaimed wood and plenty of elbow grease, and can be built anywhere in the world, according to the founder of Earthship Biotecture Michael Reynolds. Reynolds, who […]
Sustainia and a worldwide alliance of companies and organizations have kick-started the Sustainia100 campaign, calling out across the world to help find the most inspiring solutions that are making our planet cleaner, greener and fairer for everyone. Now in its fifth year, the Sustainia100 campaign has become a leading benchmark for sustainable action and a […]
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