In 2008, when Andree Zaleska and Ken Ward purchased a rundown house on the corner of Catherine and Bourne Streets, little did they know that they would be able to turn it around into a fine example of energy efficiency. Very few would have believed until they saw for themselves …
The year 2014 is still trudging through the first part of May, and the yearly event of spring cleaning is surely upon many of us. Now dabbling with drapes and cleaning your carpets is simple enough to manage. But we should also give our attention to those ‘behind the scenes’ …
Compact houses have gone beyond the confines of just posing as spatially efficient residences in urban areas. There is a certain degree of innovation that goes into both planning and constructing such projects, which do allude to their special architectural significance. So, let us check out 8 such compact housing …
At last year’s CES, MPOWERD dazzled the electronic world with their innovative Luci inflatable solar lantern, which was envisaged as a low-cost yet rechargeable LED light. And, now the company has decided to go beyond the bounds of practicality with something more extravagant. The result is the Luci Aura, another …
As human beings, we should showcase our own smartness and common sense in some relevant domestic situations – like saving our electricity and utility bills. As it turns out, the ‘saving’ part is actually is pretty easy to achieve with simple actions that wouldn’t really affect your day-to-day activities. So, …
LEDs are not only about energy efficiency, but they can even influence the innovative design language of modernistic lighting fixtures. This is aptly proven by the ‘Reading Light’ conception crafted by the Ottawa based design studio Federal. Exhibiting a very minimal yet elegant style with its unpretentious wooden support, the …
Those with a penchant for LED lighting would know something about the much talked about GaN-on-Si technology. Short for ‘gallium nitride on silicon’, the global LED industry is gradually moving towards this substrate-based lighting mechanism due its comparative cheapness and energy efficiency. Moving along this righteous trend, electronic giant Toshiba has …
