Architecture students at Auburn University's Rural Studio design and build sustainable and low-cost homes in their 20K Project.
According to the mission statement, the project wants to achieve a sustainable new world civilization beyond politics, poverty and war. The community will be run not by politicians but by a central computer that will distribute resources as needed.
A new study shows that consumers who invest in an at-home 3-D printer can not only make their money back within six months, but may also see an almost 1,000 percent return on their investment over a five-year period.
The green roof of the new Nanning Planning Exhibition Hall in China is an elevated urban park.
Expect 2017 to continue the trend that closed 2016: Everyone wants to be your smart home hub solution.
14 new garden villages will pop up all over England soon, including a new solar-powered ecovillage.
Benjamin and Ingrid Hjertefolger and their four children have now resided in their geodesic dome Nature House in the Arctic Circle for three years.
CME Director Bruce Mountain calculated Australian homes with rooftop solar panels and a Tesla Powerwall 2.0 are cost-competitive against grid power sources.
Elon Musk finally unveiled the Tesla/SolarCity solar roof that integrates photovoltaics with roof covering for a seamless product that looks better and costs less over time than traditional roofs.
Every five years a panel of experts will assess the current state of AI and its future directions. Here’s how they think it will affect eight key domains of city life in the next fifteen years.
A primer on smart and future homes.
Our homes are set to be revolutionised by the application of renewable energy and smart gadgets.
In Germany, the world’s biggest passive housing complex is currently under construction. The solar-powered Heidelberg Village will comprise 162 units and a host of sustainable features, including rooftop and vertical gardens.
The future of communications may be 5G, where mobile networks push bandwidth-heavy video to phones and pull data from self-driving cars, but some firms see an alternative - a technology called LoRa.
The Portuguese design firm developed the beautiful self-sufficient home, which was created with a focus on energy efficiency and environmentally friendly materials.
