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Rawlemon Spherical Collector = Beautiful BIPV Tracking Design by André Broessel


We came across this spectacular application of concentrated solar power via…

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Atmospheric Electricity Generation: Is this “true energy” the sleeping giant of renewables?


A company called SEFE says that it will soon be able to generate a limitless…

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Three Dimensional PV Installations Increase Performance and Reduce Cost


Left: Brancusi's 1938 Endless Column in Târgu Jiu, Romania. Right: Images from…

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POWERPLANTS


realities:united (realU) and UeBERSEE Description of POWERPLANTS from realU…

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Renewable Energy Infrastructure and Public Space


The following is part of a lecture that we gave for the AIA Middle East CES…

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Interesting Reads


We've been a little busy this month and have not paid enough attention to our…

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Plastikoleum Tower


(Studied Impact Design) click to see larger image We designed the Plastikoleum…

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Lunar Cubit: First Place Award Winner


And the winner is... Lunar Cubit Robert Flottemesch, Jen DeNike, Johanna…

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Land of sun, water and wind interaction


Mariyan Nasirpour and Behnaz Farahi Bouzanjani Designed for Site #2 in Abu…

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Sediment Spores


Kurt Franz and Come Menage Designed for Site #3 in Abu Dhabi, on Airport Road…

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Landscape is Communication


Javier Sánchez Merina, Héctor García Pastor, Paco Ruiz Vicente, Halldóra…

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Towers of Light


Carpenter / Lowings Architecture and Design Luke Lowings, Iljana Eggert, Rudi…

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WATER WATER EVERYWHERE …… AND NOT A DROP TO DRINK


Austin-Smith: Lord Mark Sciberras, Andreja Beric, India Aspin, and Jack……

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Sunset (Running On Empty)


Michal Teague and David Moore Designed for Site #3 in Abu Dhabi, on Airport…

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Chromatic Energy Landscape


Barker Freeman Design Office Alexandra Barker, Reid Freeman, Walter Shih,…

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Diatom Project


Thomas Laureyssens Designed for Site #2 in Abu Dhabi, between Saadiyat Island…

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PHOTOREACTOR FARM TOWER


Grégoire Diehl, smoothcore architects with Xuhui Liu, Alexandre Braleret, and…

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The Sun | الشمس


Milica Vlaov Tesic Designed for Site #3 in Abu Dhabi, on Airport Road near…

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Absorption Chilling


Masdar has recently installed solar powered absorption chillers to air…

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SunRainForest


superTEX Valentine Troi, Georg Wieser, Stefan Strappler, Martin Jehart, Thoralf…

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PV DUST


George Legendre, Emanuele Mattutini, Jean-Aime Shu, and Alfonso Senatore…

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Choreographies in the sky: Fourth Place Mention from the Jury


Carlos Campos Yamila Zynda Aiub Architects with team members: Ignacio Savid,…

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project s: flow


Joanna Wlaszyn, Qian Xu, and David Verrier Designed for Site #2 in Abu Dhabi,…

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Light Sanctuary: An Empowered Landscape for the United Arab Emirates


By Martina Decker and Peter Yeadon (Decker Yeadon LLC, New York City). Designed…

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Excerpt from “The Ecology of Freedom” by Murray Bookchin


I was reading yesterday this section (Chapter 9 - Two Images of Technology) in…

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Popular Science Article on 10MW Tower


click for larger image We're thrilled to have had the 10MW tower concept…

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Bloom Energy: Be the Solution


I read with fascination this morning on Gizmag about a 60 Minutes episode…

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100x Less Silicone for New Type of Flexible Photovoltaics


Professor Harry Atwater from California Institute of Technology has announced a…

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DSSC: Synthetic Photosynthesis


A New York Times article from Jan 30 explains the technology by G24…

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Flexible Panels as Sculptural Medium


A re-working of Jean Arp's 1942 Silencieux that I have dubbed Solarcieux…