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Stat: The dirty truth about AI’s energy consumption

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Stat: The dirty truth about AI’s energy consumption

Artificial intelligence, along with data centres and cryptocurrencies, is projected to significantly increase electricity consumption globally.

Sustainability : Pop-culture & Media : Technology

Waterdrop introduces dissolvable electrolyte hydration cubes

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Waterdrop introduces dissolvable electrolyte hydration cubes

Beverage tech brand Waterdrop has launched an innovative hydration product involving solid cubes that turn water into a sugar- and caffeine-free el...

Sports & Leisure : Drink : Health & Wellness

Gen Z are waking up the Energy Category

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Gen Z are waking up the Energy Category

New York-based entrepreneur Jonah Reider is taking on the energy drinks market with an innovative on-the-go energy mist targeting the Gen Z consumer.

Youth : Wellness : Drinks

Stat: England’s homes produce more carbon than its cars

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Stat: England’s homes produce more carbon than its cars

For the first time, the National Housing Federation has calculated that the carbon emissions produced by homes in England are exacerbated by poor i...

Sustainability : Society : Home

A 3D-printed neighbourhood for eco-conscious Californians

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A 3D-printed neighbourhood for eco-conscious Californians

Development company Palari Group is working on the world’s first neighbourhood of 3D-printed, zero net-energy homes in California.

Society : Architecture : Technology

So Energy’s renewable rebranding shuns green tropes

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So Energy’s renewable rebranding shuns green tropes

So Energy is challenging the conventions around renewable energy with a new rebranding led by design agency Studio Blackburn.

Branding : Advertising : Energy

Covid-19 is inspiring China’s green future cities

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Covid-19 is inspiring China’s green future cities

Architect Vicente Guallart discusses his vision for Xiong’an, a nascent ecological Chinese city set to offer a new standard for urban living in th...

Future Cities : Architecture : China

Stat: Two-thirds of Americans demand climate action

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Stat: Two-thirds of Americans demand climate action

The majority of Americans believe the federal government could do more in its efforts to reduce these environmental impacts, according to a new stu...

Society : Energy : Stat

Vegan Home Market

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Vegan Home Market

Consumers are turning to animal-free homewares and services to ensure every aspect of their plant-based lifestyles are aligned with their ethics.

Retail : Sustainability : Vegan

Stat: Earth Overshoot Day has fallen earlier than ever

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Stat: Earth Overshoot Day has fallen earlier than ever

Earth Overshoot Day, on which humanity’s resources consumption for the year exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources, has this year f...

Society : Sustainability : Climate Change

SolarCloud envisages public art as a source of green energy

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SolarCloud envisages public art as a source of green energy

Istanbul-based studio Superspace’s SolarCloud project imagines 1,500 solar balloons that are both a source of renewable energy and a kinetic sculpt...

Design : Energy : Placemaking

Ikea unveils a range of sustainable solar products

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Ikea unveils a range of sustainable solar products

The collection aims to bring sustainable, reliable and affordable light and energy solutions to communities worldwide.

Sustainability : Solar Power : Design

Stat: A shorter working week could save the planet

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Stat: A shorter working week could save the planet

New research by think tank Autonomy suggests that a shorter working week could combat climate change.

Workplace : Sustainability : Climate Crisis

UNStudio develops a paint to cool down cities

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UNStudio develops a paint to cool down cities

The architecture studio has collaborated with Monopol Colors to create a reflective white paint that reduces the need for air conditioning.

Design : Materials : Future Cities

Micro Trends

Eco-fitness

Gyms are harnessing the power of people’s workouts to reduce energy consumption and demonstrate their environmental credibility.

Wellness : Health : Fitness

Volvo becomes a green energy provider

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Volvo becomes a green energy provider

The car-maker’s Belgian division has joined forces with clean electricity provider Eneco to offer consumers in Belgium a low-cost green energy cont...

Mobility : Energy : Sustainability

Helio Ray could bring sunlight back to cities

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Helio Ray could bring sunlight back to cities

A conceptual project by design studio Haberdashery imagines how we can reintroduce natural sunlight into built-up cities.

Architecture : Design : Climate

Milan Salone 2017: Design Directions

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Milan Salone 2017: Design Directions

At this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile, designers unashamedly celebrated low-value materials and interpreted shifting energy fields by cr...

Milan Salone 2017 : Marni : EDHV

Milan Salone 2017: Mining stardust

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Milan Salone 2017: Mining stardust

Milan – Designers Kirstie van Noort and Xandra van der Eijk consider the potential of collecting extraterrestrial dust as a new resource.

Milan Salone 2017 : Sustainability : Whole-system Thinking

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Yoga in colour

London – ChromaYoga combines colour therapy, sound frequencies and aromatherapy to create a distraction-free environment.

ChromaYoga : Zoned-out Spaces : The Optimised Self

Dutch Design Week 2016 Preview: Energy Overload

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Dutch Design Week 2016 Preview: Energy Overload

Eindhoven – Design collective Dutch Invertuals continues to examine future ways of living with new exhibition Power Play.

Dutch Design Week 2016 : Poly-reality : Design Fiction

Bill Hampton: Kite Power

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Bill Hampton: Kite Power

CEO of Kite Power Solutions on why wind kites are the most exciting thing in green energy innovation.

Sustainability Futures : Green Energy : The Age Of The Long Near

Soft architecture: Do we still need walls?

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Soft architecture: Do we still need walls?

Could thermal, acoustic and electrical energy take the place of bricks and mortar?

Energetic Architecture : Sean Lally : Carlo Ratti Associati

Design Directions

Euphorescence

Employing chromatic stimulation, light therapy and meditative imagery, designers are creating new environments that enhance and optimise our menta...

The Optimised Self : Zoned-out Spaces : Essential Self

Big Ideas

Light therapy

San Francisco – Technology start-up Novalogy has released Ayo, a wearable device that uses light to regulate a user’s energy levels.

Novalogy : Ayo : Chronobiology

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