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World’s First 100% Solar-Powered Stadium

Architecture, Food and Drink / May 15, 2009 / 12 Comments

A couple of years ago, we wrote about a 1.3 megawatt solar-powered stadium in Switzerland. A new solar powered stadium has been built in Taiwan for the 2009 World Games in July. Designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito, the stadium incorporates 8,844 solar panels on the roof. The roof will generate enough energy to power […]

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Transefficient: Porous Pavers

Architecture / October 6, 2004 / 3 Comments

Porous pavers are permeable replacements for concrete or other hard surfaces. They reduce rain water runoff by 90% thus avoiding erosion. Less pollution reaches the waterways because the rain water penetrates the underlying ground more effectively. Permeable pavement is slightly different — it looks like concrete but is structured to be porous so that rain

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World’s First 100% Solar-Powered Stadium

Transefficient: Porous Pavers

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