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- Solar-powered Harvard ArtLab to meet net-zero energy targets Sat, 14 Mar 20, 4:30amHarvard University has added yet another sustainable building to its campus — the Harvard Artlab, a contemporary art space projected to meet net-zero energy targets...
- Cambridges first co-housing development fosters sustainable living Fri, 24 May 19, 2:30amMarmalade Lane, the first cohousing development in Cambridge, has recently been completed in Orchard Park and serves as a promising solution to the critical undersupply of houses in the market...
- Cambridge academic caught on plane with £100,000 in a box of chocolates jailed over £2.8m green energy scam Sun, 23 Dec 18, 5:00amFrom The Telegraph By Jamie Merrill 21 December 2018 • 8:28pm A Cambridge academic who stole £1m from a government green-energy project has been jailed for four years...
- Harvard unveils Snhetta-designed HouseZero for sustainable, plus-energy living Wed, 5 Dec 18, 2:30amThe Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) at the Harvard Graduate School of Design has just completed HouseZero, an energy-positive living lab for sustainable architecture...
- Old barn and granary gains a new life as an inspiring community hub Tue, 27 Nov 18, 4:30amCambridge-based design practice MCW Architects has completed the transformation of a heritage barn and granary into an uplifting community center and home of local charity ACE Foundation...
- Environmental warnings should stop drivers taking the road to ruin | Letters Wed, 10 Oct 18, 4:28amMatt Wheeler, Chris Osman, Pam Laurance and Bill White on the changes that need to be made to road regulations and driver habits in order to avoid climate catastropheFollowing the UN’s report concluding carbon emissions...
- A 19th century building is reborn as solar-powered temporary housing for families in need Fri, 20 Jul 18, 1:00amNo matter where you live or what you do for a living, there’s always a chance that fate will take a few bad turns, leaving you and your family in need of temporary housing...
- CityConnect shows you how climate change will impact your own home Mon, 15 May 17, 3:31amWe’ve all seen the maps that show Florida being consumed by rising sea levels. But many of us still underestimate the impact of climate change because we can’t visualize its effects. At the TechCrunch Disrupt...
- Cambridge scientists use light and plants to make cheap, clean hydrogen Thu, 16 Mar 17, 1:47amEveryone from startups to car companies as big as Toyota have seen the potential of hydrogen as a clean fuel source for vehicles, since its only byproduct is water...
- Miguel Chevalier projects a universe of light inside a Cambridge chapel Wed, 18 Nov 15, 2:17amChevalier created the immersive projections as part of a University of Cambridge charity event, where renowned professors and alumni gave speeches on biology, physics, health, neurosciences and other important topics...
- Herzog & de Meuron Unveil Designs for AstraZeneca Headquarters and Courtyard in Cambridge Mon, 21 Jul 14, 11:00pmArchitecture firm Herzog & de Meuron just unveiled their designs for AstraZeneca's new Global R&D Center and Corporate Headquarters based in Cambridge, England...
- New ice core record shows climate variability in West Antarctica Thu, 5 Dec 13, 7:00pmSimilar warming and cooling trends occurred in the mid-nineteenth and eighteenth centuries From AGU highlights: A 308-year ice core record provides new data on climate variability in coastal West Antarctica and shows that...
- Dazzling STARPATH Pavement Lights Up the Night With Stored Solar Energy Wed, 23 Oct 13, 3:00amUK-based company Pro-Teq has developed a glow-in-the-dark product called "STARPATH" that can be applied to virtually any pavement surface to provide energy-free lighting once night falls...
- Dazzling STARPATH Pavement Glows in the Dark to Provide Energy-Free Illumination Tue, 22 Oct 13, 8:20amUK-based company Pro-Teq has developed a glow-in-the-dark product called "STARPATH" that can be applied to virtually any pavement surface to provide energy-free lighting once night falls...
- First they came for the jelly-wrestlers… Sun, 12 May 13, 7:18amOnline petitions are one of the curses of our age. They're a curse, of course, because the people they're invariably aimed at are shrill, bitter lefties who've got nothing better to do with their rancid, soapless, job-free...