Tag: Germany
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Greenwash Watch: Is this good design or egregious greenwrapping?
Does covering a coal-fired power plant with topiary make it any greener?
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It's curtains for the Soft House
Sheila Kennedy and KVA design multifamily houses with a solid wood core and a flexible interior.
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Nice Shades: BIQ Building is powered by algae
This truly is a green building, although I don't think an accountant would love these green eyeshades.
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Wireless charging for e-cars and buses is arriving
In Mannheim, Germany, city buses at regular stops will also charge up their electric batteries, making range anxiety a thing of the past.
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Volkswagen's all electric e-Up! debuts at Wolfsburg annual investors conference
Volkswagen's first all electric car will levy the four-seater Up! model, and will go on sale after the IAA in September 2013.
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When it comes to cycle accessories, the wurst is yet to come with the Backbrat
German designer creates a convenient and light barbeque for your bike.
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The Hyper-Efficient TWIKE Human-Electric Hybrid Vehicle
We visit the factory where the only human-electric hybrid sold in series is produced to explore the benefits of a car you can pedal.
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First Converted Hybrid Train with Regenerative Braking Could Be a Game Changer
A "Desiro" diesel locomotive retrofitted with batteries recharged by braking takes the tracks. This could be a game changer.
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Germany Still Kicking Ass on Clean Energy: 2012 Production Forecast to be 15% Above 2011
Germany has been a rock star lately when it comes to clean energy. Their policies have encouraged huge growth in solar and wind, and over the years this has added up to a very significant chunk of the country's total energy use.
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The Germans are Fools for Trying to Be Outstanding Examples of Energy Independence
So says Kevin P. Hoffman in the German daily Tagespiegel; but his insult hides a deeper message.
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Photo of the Day: The Königssee
Fall is already giving way to winter, making for striking contrasts of color, season, and emotion.
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Another Way To Hang A Bike On A Wall: The Bike Hook
Superficially simple and elegant, but will it work?
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Artists Takes Trash to New Heights as Habitat for Urban Birds
A Danish street artists upcyles trash into colorful tiny birdhouses for urban feathered friends.
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Homebox turns Shipping Container Housing On Its End
Hans Slawik builds shipping container housing out of wood and plants them vertically
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German Electricity Tax Rises 50% to Support Renewable Energy
Why is the tax intended to help renewable energy being protested by the wind and solar industries?
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SoHo Architektur Demonstrate How The KISS Principle makes for Less Costly Houses
But I bet this still costs a lot more than houses in North America
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Toyota Sets New EV Record at Nürburgring Track in Germany
Fast electrons!
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Artists Build a 'Shanty Town' for Evicted Urban Birds
The 'Spatzenfavela' ('favela' for sparrows) provides a home for birds that have lost their city nests and roosts due to urban renewal.
