HELPFUL – Page 34 – Our Fragile Earth

PROMISING PREFABS

With modular (prefab) homes built in factories according to specific measurements, there’s no need for excess material, which reduces building[…]

Wind catchers are an ancient Persian technology still in existence. Often rectangular towers, they may appear in other ornate shapes[…]

Work is being done on radiative cooling and solar heating systems. SkyCool Systems, with a co-founder from Stanford University, has[…]

Orbital O2, the world’s most powerful tidal-powered turbine, has started to generate electricity via the grid in Orkney. It could[…]

Hybrid cars built by Toyota in the UK will soon be transported to the continent by a hydro-treated locomotive that[…]

Researchers have found a low-cost way to solve one half of the water-splitting equation to produce hydrogen as clean energy[…]

Photo: Paul Siewert Researchers have used carbon dots, created from human hair waste by breaking down the hairs and burning[…]

Photo from Spanish geothermal heat from old mines: Hunosa About one-quarter of British homes sit on a coalfield. An estimated[…]

More flooding from heavy rain caused by climate change will undoubtedly mean that water supplies will be contaminated at times.[…]

As much as 40% of your home’s heat comes through your windows. So, block light and air during the hottest[…]