Tag: Air Filtration
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Biomimicry Solves Age-old Industrial Air Pollution Problem
This clever trick mimics how Earth's atmosphere cleans itself, resulting in a low-energy, effective solution to age-old air pollution problems.
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Urban Vegetation Can Reduce Air Pollution up to 8x More than Previously Believed
One more reason to hug trees!
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If We Collect Cigarette Butts, Does that Mean we Promote it?
An article describing the challenges and triumphs of collecting cigarette waste.
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This Micro-Algae Lamp Absorbs 150-200 Times More CO2 than a Tree! (Video)
French scientist has invented a light powered by algae that absorbs CO2 from the air--1 ton per year! The microalgae streetlamp has the potential to provide significantly cleaner air in urban areas and revolutionize the cityscape.
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Tour of the Second PassivHaus in UK
This lovely looking Victorian house in west London seems deceptively straightforward except for a tiny plaque on the front door. It notes that this is the second house in the UK to reach PassivHaus standards. And that is no mean
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Milan Furniture Fair 2010: Design Academy Eindhoven is asking questions!
One of the shows that stood out this year at the Milan Furniture Fair was the Design Academy Eindhoven's Question exhibition at the up and coming district Ventura Lambrate. With
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Milan Furniture Fair 2010: Plants that are Lamps, Lamps that are Plants
This is my favorite trend so far at the Milan Furniture Fair, Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2010: a plant that is a lamp, lamp that is a plant.
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An iPhone App about Biomimetic Architecture: BioDesign #3 by Dennis Dollens
This seems to be the year for green iPhone apps, with already over 100 to choose from, including TreeHugger's own which was launched last month and the Green Map app launched recently. Now here is one for the biomimicry and architecture fans amongst
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Mode Designs Clean, Sleek System to Organize Recyclables
For communities that don't allow you to just toss all of your recyclables in one bin and leave them by the curb comes the Deluxe All-in-One-Recycling Center by Mode. It combines, it organizes,
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How to Get a Roadmap for Greening Your Home
Image Source: HUDDear Pablo: You have written about home energy efficiency in the past, but aside from individual technologies like CFLs, what can I do to get the "whole picture" and how do I prioritize my investments? You are correct, there are many
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Natalie Jeremijenko's Urban Space Station (Part Two)
Photo: Mark Mahaney The Rhinoceros Beetle is the world's strongest animal, able to lift more than thirty times its own weight. To Natalie Jeremijenko, this sounded like an invitation to wrestle. Via some clever technology (she is an engineer, after
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Natalie Jeremijenko's Urban Space Station (Part One)
Photo: Mark Mahaney If I were in Manhattan, my visit to the Environmental Health Clinic might involve a session afloat Dr. Jeremijenko's raft/office on the East River. Under the circumstances, she treated me over Skype, checking my toxics and
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Green Eyes On: Healing and Air Purifying Plants
Gerbera daisies and mini Gerbera daisies. Photo via flowerbud.com.A number of years ago, NASA began to look into the air purifying properties of plants (PDF). Specifically, they were trying to find out if plants could be used to clean the air in orbiting
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It Slices and Dices: Trends in Green Fridges
While we continue to stress that small fridges make good cities, there are some trends in big fridges that are worth looking at. So much food is wasted because it turns into compost in the vegetable drawer; much of this is due to the fact that many
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Marriott Hawaii Offers First Allergy-Free Guest Rooms
We've all been to hotels with the "save water" cards that ask you to reuse your towels by hanging up and we feel good about doing something for the planet. Well the Marriott in Hawaii begged the question,
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Green Tower Does Away with Hallways
Jean Nouvel's vision of a green future doesn't include hallways. The big-name French architect and designer has a skinny and controversial $400-million, 45-story luxury condo tower on the boards for Los Angeles, and the design allows elevators to access
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Realtime Air Quality Mashup By AIRNow
Except for the area roughly circumscribing Olympia and Tacoma in the US State of Washington - depicted as small orange blob in the US Pacific Northwest (top left of the graphic) - air quality in the USA looks pretty good this week. AIRNow, source of
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29 Tips to Cut Down on Your Fuel Consumption
It's summer and you love to travel, but you don't want to waste a lot of your money on gas. Fortunately, there's a lot of great advice circulating around the interwebs on effective ways to reduce your fuel usage and, even better, to find alternate,
