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Eco Factor: Devices to harness wave energy could meet reality in five years. With wind and solar energy generating systems tottering under cost burdens, inventors have started looking toward ways to generate renewable energy at a surprisingly low cost to attract governments globally. The idea of generating electricity from ocean waves has been around for decades, but not many of them read more »
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Apart from being more dependable than solar energy, wind energy has always been a secondary choice for all eco-minded home owners. Reasons include bird kills, noise and the decrease in the output when wind changes direction. A concept wind turbine designed by Industrie-SA can answer all these problems with a clever design. read more »
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Eco Factor: Sustainable hotel generates electricity for itself from renewable sources. U.S.-based architecture firm Leeser Architecture has designed a new five-star hotel for Abu Dhabi, UAE, which takes hotel designing to its utmost limits. Called the Helix Hotel, for its staggering form, the hotel is designed to partially float in water and partially rest in the bay. read more »
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Eco Factor: Rugged solar cell design for more efficiency. The amount of solar electricity generated by solar cells depends on the amount of sunlight the cells receive, which further depends on the amount of reflected light. The more the reflection, the less the output. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new mechanism by which solar cells can be made m read more »
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Eco Factor: Renewable energy generating bicycle design. Bikes are the greenest way to commute from one place to another. Being zero-emission and a healthy way to commute won’t be the only characteristics of biking in the future, when designers like Ben Lai are there to get more from the innocent two-wheelers. Ben is the designer of the most futuristic and green bike that we’ve seen s read more »
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Eco Factor: Bike mounted computer generates vital information about rider and the bike.

We’ve been regular in encouraging our readers to use bike on a daily basis, not only to keep them fit, but to keep the environment in good shape. However, research points out that only 5% of Americans commute via bicycle, just because biking is a slow and an unattractive means of traveling. read more »
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Eco Factor: Flexible organic solar cell modules showcased at PV EXPO 2009. The race to develop the most efficient and the trendiest solar cells began with the development of Grätzel solar modules, which proved that solar cells can be much more than the black panels not many like to place on their rooftops. read more »
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Eco Factor: Forests in the sky to absorb harmful CO2 from the upper atmosphere. Reading the simple laws of physics will make you understand that hot air is lighter than cold air, and all the harmful CO2 released from factory chimneys doesn’t have an immediate effect on the people living on the ground. The exhaust gases are hot, hence they lift and stay in the upper part of the atmosp read more »
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