Daily Archives: November 5, 2007

Camping Pods at Eskdale

The Camping and Caravaning Club are introducing their ‘camping pods‘ at Eskdale in 2008. Sleeping up to four people the heated wooden ’shelter’ is constructed out of locally sourced timber and insulated with sheeps wool.

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The Energy Tower / Burj Al-Taqa

Zero Primary Energy: Revolutionary Ecological High-rise Building for the Middle East. The Energy Tower / Burj Al-Taqa by Gerber Architekten international GmbH, Dortmund / Germany, in cooperation with DS-Plan, Stuttgart / Germany (environmental engineering), Bollinger & Grohmann, Frankfurt/ Germany (structural engineering) and Buro Huppold (fire engineering), Leeds / UK.
With the design for the “Energy [...]

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Zero Rally – January 2009

Something different - the Zero Rally which crosses Zambia, Namibia and South Africa is being promoted as a ‘carbon neutral rally.’
 
Importantly the event is open to electric, solar, hybrid, hydrogen and bio-fuel vehicles! When the rally has finished a world conference and exhibition on renewable energy will be held in Cape Town. [...]

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