Sustainability technology
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about sustainability technology
Product • By Flos • Skynest Suspension
Skynest Suspension
Diffuse lighting hanging appliance. The dome is a combination of luminous and dark elements arranged into a network and formed of core structures covered with a thin interwoven colourful tubular mesh made from recycled and recyclable fabric produced from polyester. Every single luminous element is powered by special micro-connectors located at the top of the dome and is covered with a two-tone mesh, while the side facing the inside of the dome is always white in order to allow for optimal light emission from the LED module. The appliance is fitted with a built-in balancing system at the top of the dome which helps adjust its balance, making it perfectly stable. The bottom of the dome is completed by an aluminium ring that keeps the dome&rsq... More
Project • By DP Architects • Offices
Zero Energy Building at BCA Academy
For more than four decades, DP Architects (DPA) has been dedicated to ensuring its architecture is designed and built to enrich the human experience and spirit. Our projects constantly aim to improve the quality of life of the people using the buildings and spaces by being sensitive to the context and environment. As an integrated, multidisciplinary practice with a complete suite of services including architecture, master planning, landscape design, sustainable design and more, DPA has a track record of working together with our sustainable design team to create environmentally sustainable developments of varying scales and scopes. DPA’s green DNA in our design and execution is best exemplified in a zero energy building located at BCA Acade... More
Product • By HUMANSCALE • QuickStand Lite
QuickStand Lite
QuickStand Lite™ is a revolutionary new development in sit/stand equipment. Equipped with an innovative counterbalance mechanism for easy transition between postures, it features an adjustable keyboard and monitor arm platform that provides exceptional stability while typing. It can easily be affixed to existing workstations and adapt to the user as they move throughout the day, creating a truly active workspace.Light and flexible, this new addition to Humanscale’s sit/stand product family offers an increased range of motion and a small desktop footprint, making it suitable for collaborative and hot-desking environments as well as home offices. Users can seamlessly position and reposition the height-adjustable workstation in any direction w... More
Project • By Biodomes • Housing
Biodomes
Our company Biodomes www.biodomes.eu designs and builds custom, one-of-a-kind glass, metal and concrete geodesic domes. We offer over 20 different geodesic dome models that can be sized and customized in a number of ways. We also build earth sheltered, green roof geodesic domes that can be insulated to passive house standards. Our goal is to create structures whose function is as important as their form, buildings that are beautiful and functional at the same time. Earth sheltered, glass geodesic domes represent the ultimate sustainable passive eco homes of the future and the timeless design and alluring aesthetics of geodesic domes offer unsurpassed versatility, they can be designed as ultra modern passive eco-homes, recreational spaces, i... More