7,000 Sq FT home with ZERO carbon footprint.

July 15, 2008 on 11:38 am | In Kinetic Power, Secondary Capture, Solar Power | No Comments

The design of the home, at nearly 7,000 square feet, is built with two-thirds less waste than traditional models and operate 80% more efficiently than similar sized home. It’s high-end luxury, but hey, if you can afford to build a home like this, there’s no reason to skimp on doing it as green as possible. The designers Diseño Earle hope to have the house available for purchase sometime in 2009

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Pedestrians to Generate Power

June 8, 2008 on 3:11 pm | In Body Power, Kinetic Power | No Comments

The NewYork Times is reporting about a plan to harness the power of pedestrians to create emission free energy.  “The engineers who have modeled the effects of the technology at Victoria Underground station in central London have calculated that the 34,000 travelers passing through every hour could power 6,500 lightbulbs.

The idea of “heel-strike” generation follow successful trials last year at a bridge in the Midlands where generators converted energy from trains passing above into electricity powering a flood detector.’ The article continues: ‘There could also be a range of domestic uses, for example powering iPods by plugging them into batteries placed in the owners’ heels, using technology which is already available.”

 

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