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Abu Dhabi and the World Wildlife Fund has planned to launch their planned ‘Masdar City’, which will be home to 50,000 people, and which they hope will be the world greenest city: zero-carbon, zero-car, zero-waste. Sewage will be treated and used for irrigation. Water will come from a solar-powered desalination plant. Photovoltaic cells will also provide electricity for the city. This is by-far the greenest news I’ve come across as it aims to meet or exceed a set of stringent sustainability goals established under the ‘One Planet Living’. Masdar City is set to question conventional patterns of urban development, and set new benchmarks for sustainability and environmentally friendly designs.

Via: EcoFuss

America’s most enduring symbol of freedom can now move from Ellis Island to your lawns and walkways. It’s a monument/treasure that all Americans are proud off and would like to possess in some form or the other. This Statue of liberty solar light (standing four feet tall) is an ultimate replacement for your traditional outdoor lights (that is just a metal post with a light on top). It holds a solar-powered torch that casts light on lawns and walkways and you won’t have to bury an electrical wire to power it. The lady Statue of Liberty will now also symbolize the power of alternative energy in saving our planet from global warming hence can dub it as ‘Statue of Green Earth’.

Via: Gazette

Renovation of existing house stock is essential for a sustainable future. The North Carlton Green House proposes a model where ecology is the foremost concern. A series of similar houses layered with green space would link horizontally and vertically creating a healthy, green urban environment rich in bio-diversity. The house is green in more than one way, there are plants integrated into the building to create a living, breathing, sustainable space that is a delight to inhabit. . A rooftop garden provides an urban oasis perched above the surrounding rooftops nestled in the tree tops. The gardens are watered by automated subsurface irrigation systems to minimize water lost through evaporation. Passive heating is provided by a two storey north facing void that allows sun to penetrate deep into the house heating thermal mass of exposed concrete floor and ceiling. Passive cooling is provided by windows located to catch breezes cooled by the courtyard plants and pond while a two storey void facilitates natural heat removal through stack effect. Same could happen to your house, but you will have to shell approx $365,000 to go green.

Via: Contemporist