Why Masdar Matters
Walking among Masdar City’s buildings reminds you how smart design has a massive effect on the sustainability of our built environment.
Walking among Masdar City’s buildings reminds you how smart design has a massive effect on the sustainability of our built environment.
This article, submitted for the United Nations World Environment Day blogging competition, covers how two very different cities with yet intertwined fates, Detroit and Doha, boast citizens building a new green economy.
Should Panasonic’s business model transformation results in success, another lucrative revenue stream could further strengthen the company: business services and consulting.
One opportunity for struggling Kodak lies in thin-film solar technology. The company is partnering with Natcore Technologies to create flexible solar cells.
Dave Strenski is a “geek who likes to play with solar power” who is doing his part to install more solar roofs throughout Ypsilanti, a town of 22,000 that is a 40 minute drive from Detroit.
Eight19 confronts the problem that the world’s poor face when choosing a fuel: high expense and dirty energy. The IndiGo product provides pay-as-you-go solar.
Within the cavernous halls at CES 2012 were plenty of energy efficient, “green” and eco-friendly products along with OLED and smart TVs. Panasonic and Samsung led the pack.
A university in Kuwait announced the start of a US$16 million solar power station on its 8000 student main campus. Is this another sign the Middle East is ramping up investment in solar?
If Qatar succeeds in its quest to become a leading global sustainability laboratory, Qataris will have inventors like Hashim Al Sada to thank.
With the recent emphasis on developing a clean energy sector and a low carbon economy in Qatar, is is only natural that Doha hosts the world’s largest solar powered boat in Doha for a few weeks. The MS Tûranor PlanetSolar is the guest of Qatar Solar Technologies, a polysilicon manufacturer that recently amped up investment [...]
Something has to cancel out the environmental effects of those $399 sofas and $1.49 place mats, so IKEA is investing more and more in solar.
As Qatar marches towards increased sustainable development, another new venue has opened that will make much of the world’s civic leaders green with envy.