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Renewable Energy

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Renewable Energy: Refers to energy sources harnessed from natural processes, like solar and wind, used in sustainable building practices

How nanotech can save the water industry

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Can Nanotechnology Redefine Our Future Home Water Usage?

We all take freshwater for granted, but we shouldn't. By 2025 two thirds of the global population may experience water scarcity, so there's a fresh water crisis coming. And that’s because of global warming driven droughts.

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Energy and Sustainable Development

10/10/2023

The Challenges of a Wind Turbine on Your Home

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Could Micro Wind Turbines be the Future of Home Energy?

We’ve seen wind turbines popping up everywhere in the last few years for grid scale renewable energy installations. Solar panels for home has been a disruptive technology, but what if we could scale down wind turbines and install them on our home?

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Energy and Sustainable Development

10/08/2023

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Are You Ready To Build With Hempcrete?

Exploring How This Plant Could Replace Concrete. We've already explored tiny homes, earthships, passive homes, and also modular homes as more efficient and sustainable alternatives to traditional houses. But what if you could build sustainable homes or apartment buildings that's not only fire-resistant like concrete, but also more efficient and sustainable than conventional homes?

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Energy and Sustainable Development

10/05/2023

Why Rust Batteries May Be the Future of Energy – Iron Air Battery Technology

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Iron-Air Battery Technology: A Game-Changer for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Housing

Why Rust Batteries May Be the Future of Energy - While renewable energy sources like solar and wind have now become cheaper than fossil fuels, developing long-term energy storage is key to overcome their intermittency.

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Energy and Sustainable Development

09/28/2023

Modular building, serial, prefabricated building—the solution to the housing problem?

Housing stock is under pressure globally, rents are rising, and at the same time living space is becoming…

Ian Thompson

Building Specialist and Editor

09/27/2023

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Perovskite Solar Cells Could Be the Future of Energy

The Perovskite solar cell could be the future of energy. What if we could build solar panels using materials that aren't supply-limited and with a lower carbon process?

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09/25/2023

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What you need to know before getting a Tesla Powerwall

What you need to know before getting a Tesla Powerwall (first impressions and early review). There’s a few things I learned going through the installation process that might be useful if you’re thinking about getting a home battery installed.

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Energy and Sustainable Development

09/19/2023

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Is a Tiny House Good for Sustainable Living?

When it comes to sustainable living, our homes have an important part to play. Alternatives like earthship homes, modular homes, factory built homes, and passive houses can really reduce the carbon footprint of our houses, but they aren't affordable for most people yet.

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09/19/2023

9 months review - Solar Panels for the home

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Solar Panels For Home – 9 Months Later Review

Solar panels for home - 9 months later! It’s the video many of you have been asking for. Ever since I published the video about my solar panel system on my home earlier in the year, and my experience with the installation and energy production I’ve been seeing, I’ve been asked for an update on how it’s going.

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