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    Electricity from Paint

    Installing solar panels on the roof of every new building in the world would go a long way towards solving our energy needs, but as we all know, solar panels are costly and often difficult to install. But what if the solar panel was an integral part of every building? What if solar cells could [...]

    Green Roofs for Dummies

    Very interesting article guys! Green Roofs Australia (GRA) has received, with immense joy, the following article from a roofing contractor who is hoping green roofs will put more traditional roofs out of business. Washington roofing contractor Troy Wagner replaced his own roof with greenery after he observed that green roofs last much longer than “clean [...]

    Agro-Housing for a Sustainable Urban China

    In an era of globalization and significant rural-urban migration, Israel-based Knafo Klimor Architects offer a new ‘urban and social vision that will address problems of chaotic urbanization’. The Agro-Housing prefab concept is a modern housing solution that integrates green building practices, smart growth principles and traditional values to create sustainable urban communities within China’s growing [...]