REPREVE-Based Graduation Gowns Made from Recycled Plastic
How do you make your graduation greener? Learn how from Unifi, Inc and Herff Jones! The two have teamed up to make graduation greener with Renew Graduation gowns, made with REPREVE recycled fiber. The gowns made with REPREVE recycled fiber will be reaching 440,000 students by the end of 2013 graduation season. Significant enough is the fact that more than 12.7 million ...
LED Hourglass Lamp to be Showcased at NYC Design Week this Month
Green imagination comes in different shapes and sizes. Brooklyn-based designer Danielle Trofe has been inspired by one such imagination and has come up with a new series of off-the-grid LED lighting fixtures that are illuminated by the power of falling sand. Going by the shape of the hourglass, the new lamps need to be flipped for continuous work. This requires a ...
Kagithane Gardens is all About Green-Roofed Offices
Head for the northern part of Istanbul, and that’s where the Kagithane Gardens stand supreme. Described as a future hub of offices and retail business in Kagithane, the M shaped building rises from courtyards and gardens. Moreover, each and every office is provided a narrow floor plate to have an outside view and that assures plenty of natural light to ...
BMW i3 to be Priced Around $40,000
The BMW i3 hatchback will start its sale by the end of this year and its price may be around $40,000, which is equivalent to that of a well-equipped sedan 3 series. We hear that the US federal government is likely to give tax credit of $7,500 for this i3. But this has not been confirmed by BMW officials. The new ...
Range Rover Hybrid Set for Frankfurt Debut
The Range Rover Hybrid will be making its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The concept of Range Rover hybrid drivetrain was previewed two years ago when the Range E made its run at the Geneva Motor Show. We also get to know that the Range Rover Sport will also be arriving by the year-end. Stuart Frith, chief program engineer for ...
SPRiZZi All-in-One Beverage Dispenser is Green
SPRiZZi might look similar to the astromech droid, R2-D2, in Star Wars. But like the droid buddy, it won’t save you when you are in danger or assist you in fighting spaceships. Luckily, it seems we will not be up for a fight with spaceships and all that related stuff for some more years at least. The present SPRiZZi can ...
Toyota Fuel Cell Vehicles Price Would Range Around $50,000
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles don’t cost the same as they used to during the early stages of their introduction. The cost has come down drastically from the time of prototypes to workable models. Prototype fuel cell vehicles amounted to $1 million each at the time of development many years ago. But that, according to the group vice president of strategic planning ...
BMW i8 Hybrid Supercar Not to Get an M Version
BMW enthusiasts are counting on their favorite automotive company to drive out the new i8 hybrid supercar next year. Many were pretty sure that the BMW i8 would be getting an M version as well. But the German automotive manufacturer has confirmed that there wouldn’t be an M version to come after the i8 hybrid. Early speculations led some to believe ...
Mozambique Wildlife Reserve Will Have No More Rhinos, Thanks to Poachers
Visitors to the wildlife reserve in Mozambique would miss seeing rhinos wandering about the forest. The country’s remaining 15 rhinos were found slaughtered by poachers and devoid of their horns. Rhinos come under the endangered species, and on the grounds of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, a wildlife reserve along Mozambique's southern border, these majestic animals numbered in the hundreds just ...
Volvo to Launch Hybrid Supermini When it Gets a Suitable Partner
Volvo is ready to start on a supermini provided it can find a suitable partner who would be able to share a conducive platform that makes use of an electric or hybrid powertrain. The Swedish company is looking to deliver a better and affordable alternative that would fulfil the supermini segment. Lex Kerssemakers, Volvo’s head of product planning, said that they ...
