Treepac eco friendly packaging concept has won a Silver International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) in EcoDesign category. With its structure made entirely of sustainable materials, a great effort towards greener earth, I think they do deserve the award. Read their press release after the jump to get clear understanding about their design.
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Hybrid car and Solar panels on our roof is nothing new, but now all you can have the “Eneloop Solar Cell Charger N-SC1S”. This charger can charge your electronic devices in an eco-friendly manner. It allows you to charge and use your Eneloop batteries more than 100 times. This device has the capacity to charge your hybrid batteries within 2.5 hours. The energy generated from solar power can be quickly transferred to Eneloop batteries. You can smoothly change the direction of the panel surface in order to adjust with the sun light. The main aim of this design is to provide a classy object to increase inner ambience.
Designer : Sanyo via IGreenSpot via BusinessWeek
With constant increase in the private cars and depleting fossil fuels, it is but obvious that the space on the road is reducing pretty fast. The designers are looking for solutions that work on alternate fuel while occupying lesser space. Designer David Vargas has designed a three wheel design for Peugeot Design, what he calls Peugeot. It’s a two-seater vehicle using smaller electric engine as compared to most cars of similar sizes, and the third wheel is added for better stability. The car is perfect for crowded parking lots and is easy to maneuver and the design has surely hit bull’s eye.
With the new concepts being designed by the car manufacturers, they want us to believe that the future is here. Similarly, Ego designed by Volkswagen is a part of concept vehicles offering a glimpse of what to expect from Volkswagen in future. This two seater sports car design is targeted for the year 2028, a good two decades from now! The body shape is simple, and is an all electric power source, and uses high performance batteries which are charged by fuel cell and the car shall be emitting water. The interiors has intelligent driver aids to warn the driver of hazards and an advanced cruise control with even no need of involvement for the driver; with so many options just cruise along!
‘SAVE ENERGY’ is what we keep on saying, but how do we do it? We cannot ignore the basic things like dryer where domestic tumble dryers use excessive energy. So here David Emmett presents for all the eco-conscience people an Eco-Dryer for the people who are looking for a premium product that outperforms the competition. With the help of heat recovery and careful selection of recycled and low impact materials Eco-dryer has the class of a sustainable product. It has been exclusively designed to take you out of that boring standard white color and brings a whole new color to your life.
