Real Estate & Construction Archive
02 Dec 2013
Bclean2 is the green solution for a car wash
Washing your car in a car wash street consumes up to 500 liters of water, creating a lot of waste water. The water can contaminate the soil and groundwater. In Australia, where water is scarce, an eco-friendly car wash method has been developed using a special wax instead of water. Bclean2 has developed a user-friendly
20 Nov 2013
Smart street lights reduce city energy bill
The energy bill for street lighting in Europe amounts to more than 10 billion euro. The resulting 40 million CO2 emissions per year can be largely avoided by intelligently dimming the street lights when no one is around. Dutch startup Tvilight has developed a solution that can be plugged into the existing street light infrastructure
08 Nov 2013
Roof doctors make the city breathe again
Make your flat roof contribute to the health of your city. Netherlands-based Dakdokters (Roof Doctors) make this possible by transforming your roof into a breathe of fresh air. Founded in 2010, the Dakdokters aim to increase the biodiversity in cities by making the city roofs healthy and more livable for plant, animals and people. They
05 Nov 2013
The Mobile Factory recycles construction debris
After natural disasters like an earthquake or tsunami, millions of tons of debris from (half-) collapsed buildings is left or dumped in nature. An equal number of people are left homeless or continue living in tent ghettoes. Dutch entrepreneurs have developed “De Mobiele Fabriek” (the Mobile Factory) which can be installed onsite and transform the
23 Oct 2013
NRGSPOT-light uses light poles as EV chargers
With about 100,000 light poles in a medium-sized city like Rotterdam alone, using light poles as EV charging points might just be the future of electric mobility. Dutch electricity company Eneco and Sapa Pole Products have come up with an innovative approach towards recharging your electric car. The NRGSPOT-light is an all-in-one light pole and electric
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