The Karton Group in Australia has a new take on cardboard packaging. Instead of shipping furniture in cardboard, their furniture IS the cardboard.

The vast amount of glass in skyscrapers and office buildings represents enormous potential for an emerging technology that turns windows into solar panels. 

Rice University engineering students, in cooperation with Houston METRO, have designed a system to continually remove pathogens responsible for tuberculosis, flu and pneumonia from city buses.

Taking their cue from the humble leaf, researchers have used microscopic folds on the surface of photovoltaic material to significantly increase the power output of flexible, low-cost solar cells.

Art design professor and environmental advocate Jenna Spevack has created an exhibit called 8 Extraordinary Greens—a living demonstration of both aesthetics and  practicality of growing your own food in cramped spaces.

Green roofs are getting a lot of credit for providing environmental benefits. They have been found to reduce storm water runoff from buildings, conserve energy, restore fragile ecosystems and beautify urban spaces.

A massive liquid battery could provide electricity storage on a scale useful to major electric utilities—allowing them to store energy whenever it’s available and cheap, and then pump it back into the grid when it’s most needed.

Lit Motors introduces a vehicle that combines the efficiency and freedom of a motorcycle with the safety and convenience of a car. And it's electric.

Singapore is opening a new park featuring solar-powered Supertrees—ranging in height from 9 to 16 stories—operating as vertical gardens, and even hosting bistro in the base of one.

As the world deals with quakes, storms, tsunamis, and eruptions, builders realize that a building isn't really sustainable unless it can survive the worst.