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Harvesting clean energy, using rotten veg

Innovative new material could turn entire buildings into vertical solar farms

  • Energy
  • Natasha Berting
  • 01 Dec 2020

‘In 20 years, every surface will harvest its own energy’

Marjan van Aubel on Solar Design, the World Expo & our upcoming Challenge

  • Energy
  • Natasha Berting
  • 11 Aug 2020

The Clean Energy Challenge digest: Looking forward with the winning teams

10 one-on-one interviews about their next steps

  • Clean Energy Challenge
  • What Design Can Do
  • 29 Jul 2019

Eco-friendly brick made from sand and human urine

Cape Town student’s invention could reduce construction sector’s impact on climate

  • Energy
  • Billy Nolan
  • 23 Nov 2018

Nairobi: No Longer the Stream of Cold Water

WDCD Clean Energy Challenge local stories: letter from Nairobi

  • Energy
  • What Design Can Do
  • 12 Nov 2018

‘The challenge helped to turn our idea into a possible future’

Marjan van Aubel on her Climate Action Challenge winning project Power Plant

  • Energy
  • Natasha Berting
  • 23 Oct 2018

Turning the cooling fan into its better version

Singapore students win IKEA Singapore’s Young Designer Awards 2018

  • WDCD Challenge
  • Bas van Lier
  • 08 Oct 2018

Why not use our pavements and roads to generate energy?

Energy producing floor tiles and solar roads could solve energy issues in the city

  • Energy
  • Bas van Lier
  • 17 Sep 2018

‘Our aim is to empower design communities worldwide’

WDCD Clean Energy Challenge puts focus on five world cities

  • WDCD Challenge
  • Bas van Lier
  • 04 Sep 2018

Waterless loo improves lives in Madagascar

Loowatt toilet with biodegradable film system|Loowatt's digester in use in Madagascar’s capital AntananarivoLoowatt provides Madagascans with both sanitation and energy and could be an alternative in the West too

  • Climate Action
  • Bas van Lier
  • 27 Jun 2017

Watch the video and bring light to a child in Mali

Cyclus campaign by Arjowiggins and Antalis teams up with Childfund Alliance to provide families in Mali with solar lamps

  • Education
  • Bas van Lier
  • 17 May 2017

Waterless toilet turns human waste into energy

  • Energy
  • Pepijn
  • 01 Dec 2014

Heat people, not buildings

  • Energy
  • Bas van Lier
  • 16 Jun 2014

Solar Roadways and a Freaking Video

  • City
  • Bas van Lier
  • 13 Jun 2014

A Syringe, A Stove and A Shelter

  • Energy
  • Bas van Lier
  • 13 Feb 2014

Infographics that say it all

  • Energy
  • Bas van Lier
  • 19 Dec 2013
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