Luxurious and eco-friendly living is now possible with the Hydrotap 4 in 1 by Zip Heaters, the super eco-friendly kitchen appliance. It is called 4 in 1 because it has the ability to provide boiling, chilled, hot, and cold water all together from a single source. It has two stylish match taps that dispense the needed water immediately. It thus eliminates water wastage for the users need not to run the water for long to reach the desired temperature. It also has a unique power-pulse technology that use to control the boiling tank and adjust it automatically the heating power in order to meet demand, thus reduce power consumption.

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Restoring existing building and designing it into a new one is a great act of green architecture. This will prevent from entirely breaking those old buildings and eventually minimize the possible addition of landfills. The Vaeksthuset Botanical Garden by CEBRA is one great example of green architecture. Created fir a building competition, this building will have a series of round pods that are inspired by natural forms. It is also being covered with a pointed glass roof. The building also has facilities complex that will houses offices, cafes, and more greenery. Another space and the third of this building is an outdoor garden.

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Set to sail on March of 2010, Zero CO2 is the first eco-yacht in the world that is being powered by hydrogen fuel cells. This eco-yacht will also generate its fuel through its on-board renewable energy generating systems like the solar and wind harnessing systems. Through these systems, the yacht is able to generate hydrogen power in a green and eco-friendly way. These systems also power up the electronic systems this yacht houses. With the eco-features it has, the Zero CO2’s aim of creating clean way to commute across the seas without producing even a single carbon can be easily achievable.

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Everybody is now aware that we need to do something to save the earth from being ruined. More and more are exerting effort through recycling, using sustainable materials, hybrid vehicles, eco-designs and the list goes on. When it comes to architecture, prefab houses and the use of recycled materials are a few of the big hits. Today we are going to present to you numerous eco-houses. Photos below consist of the following: stylish house from reclaimed oak and pine, house with solar powered porch and eco planters, a house with cork flooring, trex decking and green roof, and a house that uses green materials, energy-efficient tech and sustainable practices.

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Aiming to have their fifth trophy in the World Solar Challenge, students from Delft University just recently unveiled their sleek and futuristic solar-powered racing vehicle, the Nuna5. This vehicle in solely powered by the sun through its six square meters of solar panels wherein the excess collected energy is stored in a battery. This racing vehicle is also designed intentionally to cross the world’s most difficult terrains, the Australian outback and the student designers f the Nuna5 are very positive that it can. The challenge will be held on October 25, let us all wait and see if Nuna5 will provide the fifth trophy of the student designers.

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