The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, isn't hooked up to a municipal sewage system, so its waste has to be trucked out of town.

An inventor in Bangladesh created a DIY air cooler with discarded plastic bottles, and he's giving the plans away for free, just in time for summer.

Here are 10 adaptive reuse landscape design projects that have turned damaged and neglected spaces around the world into beautiful, healthy and meaningful new environments for everyone to enjoy.

Student housing takes a green turn at the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology’s newly completed undergraduate village constructed with prefabricated pods.

Big Box by The Bert & May Group pops up in just one day. Going portable and prefab doesn’t have to mean compromising on luxury. The Bert & May Group created Big Box, an eco-friendly luxury home ...

Water is the soul of Hot Springs. As you could guess from its name, the town wouldn’t exist without its natural hot springs. Hot Springs National Park is tasked with protecting 47 springs in the ...

19 year old Boyan Slat has designed the Ocean Cleaup Array which could reduce the world’s oceanic garbage patches by removing 7,2500,000 tonnes from them.

In 2002, the local community wished to restore the canal. This began a long-term restoration project for the park and canal, which was designed in partnership with Utrecht’s residents, the local ...

Sanyo has built an ark for the solar century – an impressive 630 kW solar-collecting building that boasts over 5,000 solar panels and kicks off over 500,000 kWh of energy per year. Even more ...

Topped with many solar panels, these prefabricated, modular homes in Sweden also use passive house techniques to minimize energy needs. Learn more.

Thousands of people become homeless and lose everything during a natural disaster. Here are 8 innovative emergency shelter designs that could make all the difference in helping them recover.

Inspired by Finland's successful deposit system for beverage containers, the Textile Deposit provides incentives for dropping off unwanted clothes and textiles.