A new LED streetlight design directs light to where it's needed, while also saving energy. Continue reading →

A solar-powered house with a soft exterior changes dynamically to follow the sun like a sunflower. Continue reading →

Belgium's 2012 Ghent Light Festival has transformed the Luminarie De Cagna into a stunning, lit-up building. The structure is home to an Italian family business founded in 1930, and the company lit up the square and its buildings with oil and carbide lamps on festive occasions. Eventually, the lamp...

Still using a gas powered lawnmower? Come on, this is 2012... we've got electric cars, solar panels on our homes, and giant windmills turning wind into power. Everything runs off electricity now, your mower should too. And there's no need to increase your utility bill just to tend to your yard... t...

Eco-minded boating enthusiasts will be thrilled to learn that for a paltry $300,000, they can own the MIG 675, a vessel that uses water as fuel. What efficiency, right? With a hydrogen generator on board, LUXURY's MIG 675 harvests hydrogen from surrounding seawater, Gizmag reports. This powers not ...

You might be familiar with wind energy, but did you know your breath can charge up your smartphone? AIRE is a mask concept that converts your breath into electricity to recharge small electronic devices. The idea won a design red dot award in the energy category. The consumerist tendencies of today...

If you ever wished you could live in a perfectly decorated Ikea showroom, minus all the passersby and their screaming kids, then the aktiv house is for you. Ikea's a great source for affordable furniture that's easily assembled at home. But turns out, you can also order a prefabricated house -- ins...