GeoIsla

Sunrgi, a Hollywood-based start-up, came out of stealth mode this week claiming it can collect twice as much sunlight as other photovoltaic designs and convert it to electricity for 5 cents a kilowatt-hour, on par with fossil fuels. The company’s core technology is concentrating solar power, which uses lenses to focus sunlight onto small strips [...]

By Alexis Madrigal 03.18.08 | 8:45 PM Engineers Malcolm Knapp and Heather Fleming helped design a low-cost turbine that will be deployed in the rural areas surrounding Quetzaltenango, Guatemala’s second largest city. Photo courtesy Jim Merithew/Wired.com A group of volunteer engineers are finishing the design for a home-brewed wind turbine that will bring electricity to [...]

Javier Blanco rescató cientos de cuerdas de terreno que de otra manera hubieran sucumbido al desarrollo acelerado. Foto por Tito Guzmán Carmen Dolores Hernández / Especial para El Nuevo Día Como director del Fideicomiso de Conservación de Puerto Rico, desde que se constituyó en el 1968 hasta hace unos años, el arquitecto Javier Blanco rescató [...]

From MoCo Loco: We often get books by mail at MoCo Loco, but today we got one via email, the “First Paperless Architecture Book EVER: Piel”. Piel.Skin is the culmination of two years of architectural research into dynamic facades, ventilated, high-tech or traditional composites with new features. “This book shows that currently new skins not [...]

Vea la infográfica. La planta empleará a 90 personas en Barceloneta e inyectará $40 millones a la economía. Por Marie Custodio Collazo / mcustodio@elnuevodia.com La necesidad es la madre de la invención, y para dos empresas boricuas el alto costo de la electricidad ha sido la oportunidad perfecta para aventurarse a ensamblar en la Isla [...]