LOT-EK Unveils Plans for Solar Taichung Cultural Center Made from 1,620 Recycled Shipping Containers

Read the rest of LOT-EK Unveils Plans for Solar Taichung Cultural Center Made from 1,620 Recycled Shipping Containers Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “green wall” , Ada Tolla , arup , Cargotecture , Design Competition , Giuseppe Lignano , graywater reuse , lot-ek , rainwater filtration , recycled shipping containers , shipping containers , SurfaceDesign , taichung , Taichung City Cultural Center , Taiwan , upcycled shipping containers , vegetated wall , vertical garden        

Continued here:
LOT-EK Unveils Plans for Solar Taichung Cultural Center Made from 1,620 Recycled Shipping Containers

Explore the Elemental LED Design Center – Your Online Resource for the Latest in Energy Efficient Lighting

Are you an eco-conscious architect, designer or lighting professional looking to stay up to date on the latest innovations coming off the energy-efficient lighting front? We’ve teamed up with  Elemental LED  to provide designers with the ultimate resource for all things LED by creating the  Elemental LED Design Center , a one-stop destination for green lighting carefully curated by leading industry professionals. Here you can learn about everything from  how to choose an LED vendor  to retrofitting or creating new constructions with  energy efficient LED lights and systems . You’ll even find  plenty of inventive ideas  that showcase new and unexpected ways to use LEDs to interior spaces. Check out the  Elemental LED Design Center  today and start creating your own new and beautiful LED lighting designs!   CHECK OUT THE DESIGN CENTER HERE >   Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “lighting design” , and led lighting design competition , design a lamp , Design Competition , design resources , eco design contest , eco lamp , elemental design center , elemental LED , elemental led lighting design , elemental led store , green design competition , green lamp , industrial design competition , inhabitat competition , inhabitat contest , interior lighting resources , lamp design , lamp design contest , learn about lighting design , LED bulb , led lamp design , led light design , Lighten Up , Lighten Up! An LED Lighting Design Competition , lighting contest , lighting design center , lighting design competition , lighting design contest , lighting design resources , lighting resources , product design competition , win this        

Original post:
Explore the Elemental LED Design Center – Your Online Resource for the Latest in Energy Efficient Lighting

Playable Studio’s Multifunctional Furniture Delights Kids and Adults Alike

Read the rest of Playable Studio’s Multifunctional Furniture Delights Kids and Adults Alike Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “green furniture” , convertible furniture , eco design , green design , ICFF , kids furniture , Playable Studios , sustainable design        

More here:
Playable Studio’s Multifunctional Furniture Delights Kids and Adults Alike

Multifunctional Mobiel Bike Cart Helps Urban Farmers Carry Tools and Produce

Inspired by a thriving demographic in Vancouver, Mobiel is a multifunctional cart designed to support the day-to-day needs of commercial urban farmers – people who grow food on a medium to large scale on urban land to sell it to markets, restaurants and other businesses. Beginning with the basic features of a wheelbarrow, this cart has the added benefit of organized tool storage, and it can be easily attached onto the back of a bicycle to carry goods from the farm to the market or from one plot to another. Mobiel carries on the narrative of city farming through its unique functionality and its distinctive character. + Mobiel The article above was submitted to us by an Inhabitat reader. Want to see your story on Inhabitat ? Send us a tip by following this link . Remember to follow our instructions carefully to boost your chances of being chosen for publishing! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: bicycle , bike cart , Botanical , cart , clea lautrey , farming , Gardening , green design , green garden , Mobiel , multifunctional design , sustainable design , urban farm , vancouver , wheelbarrow        

The rest is here: 
Multifunctional Mobiel Bike Cart Helps Urban Farmers Carry Tools and Produce

Announcing Lighten Up! An LED Lighting Design Competition – Enter to Win a $1000 Prize!

Calling all architects, interior designers and lighting designers! Do you have a spectacular architecture or interior project that uses LED lighting? Share it with the world today in our newly launched competition,  Lighten Up! An LED Lighting Design Competition . We’re looking for the best and the brightest examples of  residential  and commercial lighting designs that make use of energy-efficient LEDs . Exceptional designs will be put up to a popular vote, and the top 15 entries in both categories will be reviewed by a panel of expert judges who will determine which two winning submissions should be awarded a $1000 gift certificate for use towards Elemental LED products . Judging will be based on aesthetics, creativity, innovation and how well LEDs have been employed a project’s space. Enter your work in either the residential or commercial categories (or both!) by Monday, April 15, 2013 . ENTER THE LIGHTEN UP! COMPETITION > Read the rest of Announcing Lighten Up! An LED Lighting Design Competition – Enter to Win a $1000 Prize! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “lighting design” , and led lighting design competition , design a lamp , Design Competition , eco design contest , eco lamp , elemental LED , elemental led lighting design , elemental led store , green design competition , green lamp , industrial design competition , inhabitat competition , inhabitat contest , lamp design , lamp design contest , LED bulb , led lamp design , led light design , Lighten Up , Lighten Up! An LED Lighting Design Competition , lighting contest , lighting design competition , lighting design contest , product design competition , win this

View post:
Announcing Lighten Up! An LED Lighting Design Competition – Enter to Win a $1000 Prize!

Green-Walled Japanese Bathroom is Covered from Floor to Ceiling in Leafy Foliage!

Botanical artist Makoto Azuma recently teamed up with Naruse-Inokuma Architects to design a beautiful bathroom that is overflowing with leafy green foliage! The temporary space was installed at Tokyo’s House Vision Expo , and it consists of clear glass floors, green walls covered in leaves, and contrasting clean white fixtures. Literally translated, its name gokujo no heya means “room of exquisiteness.” Read the rest of Green-Walled Japanese Bathroom is Covered from Floor to Ceiling in Leafy Foliage! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “sustainable architecture” , green bathroom , leafy bathroom design , makoto azuma , Naruse-Inokuma Architects , natural bathroom , tokyo house vision expo

Read the original here: 
Green-Walled Japanese Bathroom is Covered from Floor to Ceiling in Leafy Foliage!

Design a ‘THIS IS YOUR LIFE’ T-Shirt and You Could Win a $250 Prize & More!

Do you have an inspiring idea for a t-shirt design? Enter it today in The Collective ‘s brand new This Is Your Life T-Shirt Design Contest . The Collective has partnered up with Holstee to find two new t-shirt designs that exemplify Holstee’s powerful manifesto “ This is your life. Do what you love, and do it often… ” The designs you submit should combine the Holstee mantra with what is meaningful to you. Submit your ideas in pictograph form, words, as a drawing or in a video — whatever medium you feel best expresses the life of your design! Two prizes will be awarded, including a  Holstee gift card worth $250 for the grand prize winner. The deadline to enter is March 29th, 2013 . Hit the jump to learn more about what you can win and how to enter the contest! Read the rest of Design a ‘THIS IS YOUR LIFE’ T-Shirt and You Could Win a $250 Prize & More! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Design Competition , design contest , graphic design competition , green design competition , holstee , holstee this is your life , illustration contest , shirt design competition , t-shirt deign competition , tee shirt design competition , the collective , the design collective competition , this is your life , this is your life t-shirt design competition

Original post: 
Design a ‘THIS IS YOUR LIFE’ T-Shirt and You Could Win a $250 Prize & More!

Japan’s Tiny Coffin-Sized Apartments Make Your College Dorm Room Look Like A Palace

Do you complain that your tiny apartment is like living in a shoe-box? Next time you feel claustrophobia setting in, just be thankful you don’t live in one of these Japanese accommodations. To combat a lack of affordable housing in the capital city of Tokyo, landlords have developed what are known as ‘geki-sema’ or share house: a tiny cabinet that’s barely bigger than a coffin and can only be used for sleep and the storage of a handful of possessions. Read the rest of Japan’s Tiny Coffin-Sized Apartments Make Your College Dorm Room Look Like A Palace Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: coffins , comfort , efficient apartments , home , Japan , live small , micro apartments , relaxation , small homes , tiny apartment , tiny homes

Read more: 
Japan’s Tiny Coffin-Sized Apartments Make Your College Dorm Room Look Like A Palace

Ivanpah: The World’s Largest Solar Thermal Plant Passes First Solar Capacity Test

The world’s largest solar thermal plant, Ivanpah , reached a major milestone this month as it achieved its first “flux”. Over 1000 heliostats —plane mirrors which reflect the sunlight towards a predetermined target-focused on to the plant’s solar receiver and heated the water inside the boiler to bellow the point of steam generation, proving the plant was ready for enter commercial operation. Located in Ivanpah Dry Lake, California, the three-unit power system is expected to offset millions of tons of carbon emission . Read the rest of Ivanpah: The World’s Largest Solar Thermal Plant Passes First Solar Capacity Test Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Bechtel Corporation , Brightsource Energy , california clean energy , California solar plants , carbon emissions , concentrated solar technology , green technology , heliostats , Ivanpah Solar Thermal Plant , nrg energy , solar steam turbines , solar technology , solar thermal plants , us solar energy

Read the original post: 
Ivanpah: The World’s Largest Solar Thermal Plant Passes First Solar Capacity Test

Costa Concordia Architecture Competition Rethinks Disaster to Create a New Seaside Park in Italy

Read the rest of Costa Concordia Architecture Competition Rethinks Disaster to Create a New Seaside Park in Italy Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “sustainable architecture” , architecture competition , artificial reef , costa concordia , costa concordia disaster , Design Competition , eco design , green architecture , green design , green design competition , italy , shipwreck , sustainable design , water issues

View original post here:
Costa Concordia Architecture Competition Rethinks Disaster to Create a New Seaside Park in Italy

Next Page »