Canadian Cabin for Fluffy Little Critters from Loyal Luxe

Canadian Cabin for Fluffy Little Critters from Loyal Luxe: "
Loyal Luxe

Cats love cardboard boxes, any old cardboard box. So it takes some marketing skill to convince people to actually pay money for a cardboard box. Loyal Lux designs its cardboard box, which 'distinguishes itself through its innovative design and its humoristic thematic inspired by the Canadian style hunting chalets and their associated symbolism.' They were on display at the Designboom Mart....Read the full story on TreeHugger

Renovation Turns Old House Into Green Healthy House With Near Zero Heating Bills

Renovation Turns Old House Into Green Healthy House With Near Zero Heating Bills: "
all images and videos by Lloyd Alter

We know that almost half of our energy is consumed by buildings, and there are a lot of concerns about what to do with our older housing stock. In Kitchener Ontario, a non-profit called REEP (Residential Energy Efficiency Project) is doing an interesting experiment: They are taking two almost identical century homes and renovating them. One with a light touch, investing C$ 25K and cutting energy consumption in half; the other, a no-holds-barred lets-try-everything and go for net zero energy.

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TEDTalks : Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero! - Bill Gates (2010)

TEDTalks : Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero! - Bill Gates (2010):



"At TED2010, Bill Gates unveils his vision for the world's energy future, describing the need for 'miracles' to avoid planetary catastrophe and explaining why he's backing a dramatically different type of nuclear reactor. The necessary goal? Zero carbon emissions globally by 2050."

A Solar-powered Super-yacht for the Super Rich

A Solar-powered Super-yacht for the Super Rich: "

Image from the Guardian

It could be a new addition to the Wretched Excess department. Conde Naste Traveller has already awarded it one of their 2010 Innovation & Design Awards for Sustainable Design.

It's a green super yacht called Soliloquy, which uses a combination of solar, wind and hybrid marine pow...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Biggest Loser Building Edition

You have heard of the Biggest Loser, well now the competition is now for big users of energy, commercial buildings.  Lets see how much they can loose before the next weigh in.

In an effort to get buildings to shed some of their bulging energy usage pounds, the EPA has just announced the National Buildings Competition where they challenge “14 buildings and the teams inside them,” to, “work off their weight with Energy Star.” The buildings range from a convention center in Virginia to an elementary school in Colorado and are all charged with the task of reducing their waste and cutting their energy consumption as much as they can in 180 days. Just like the game show The Biggest Loser, they’ll have a weigh in — the buildings have two – one halfway through and a final weigh in – to monitor their energy saving progress.



Buildings Compete in EPA’s “Biggest Energy Loser” Competition