Pioneers wanted for Energy Efficiency Award 2010Monday, 23 November 2009The German Energy Agency (Deutsche Energie Agentur GmbH) in collaboration with Deutsche Messe and DZ Bank AG are calling for applicants for the next round of the "Energy Efficiency Award" fo...
Latest Solar Active House sets exampleWednesday, 04 November 2009Last month, the Solar Active House (Solar Aktivhaus) opened its doors in Austria near the Swiss and Italian borders. The design constitutes a further development in current energy standards, uniting c...
IBA_Dock : The floating climatic houseWednesday, 28 October 2009The floating climatic house is in the water! Several cranes have been employed to hoist the IBA_Dock , a 1,000 square-metre steel structure on a pontoon, into place in the Port of Hamburg (Germany), t...
GE working towards net zero energy homes by 2015Monday, 14 September 2009GE has announced that it expects to have developed a turn-key product portfolio by 2015 that will empower consumers to build to efficiently consume, manage and generate electricity to enable an overal...
Portugal pushes forward with adoption of LED street lightingThursday, 10 September 2009The installation of efficient, attractive LED street lighting in Portugal has moved up a gear over the summer as EnergiaViva finishes installing new UrbanLED street light in ten towns and cities aroun...