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GREEN ARCHITECTURE AT ITS BEST

San Francisco’s Transbay terminal gets green light. The eco-friendly design will house the city’s transit system, a 5 ½ acre park, communal areas, retail space and graceful glass towers and spires.

View more images of this incredible structure

“The architectural renderings are impressive yet perplexing… I say that’s a lot-o-glass for a city sittin’ pretty on the San Andreas fault.

by Jacqueline Stevenson Brand Futurist The Republik Corporal Strategic Ops

Photo Credit: Transbay Transit Center – Pelli Clarke | Pelli Architects

FEDEX GOES GREEN?

FedEx has developed a reusable shipping envelope much to the approval of environmentalists and tree huggers everywhere.

Read more about how they are reducing their environmental impact.

Will others follow suit?

“I applaud a giant company like FedEx for taking steps – even if they are small – toward a greener planet. I hope this will lead to other companies follow suit. We all need to take our own small steps in order to help the environment.”

by Ryan Cuthriell Brand Futurist The Republik Lieutenant Creative Ops

Photo Credit: via “The Accidental Environmentalist” Blog

BRIGHT IDEA

LED light bulbs that look like regular light bulbs, screw into regular light bulb sockets and last a gazillion times longer. Sound too good to be true? It’s true. But it’s gonna cost ya.

“Regular light bulbs last up to 3,000 hours. This new LED light bulb lasts about 50,000. Who do I write the check out to?”

by Mike Randall Brand Futurist The Republik Captain Strategic Ops

WINDS OF CHANGE

Windmills can generate 80% of home’s electricity.

Wind is a wonderfully renewable source of energy, but until now ordinary consumers who wanted to live off of — or contribute to — the electrical grid had no way to capture it. That’s where the Skystream 3.7 comes in. It’s a wind turbine designed especially for home use. Installed on a 35-ft. tower, it connects to standard utility hookups and starts turning in breezes as low as 8 m.p.h. It can provide up to 80% of the average household’s electricity and shave $600 or more off annual utility costs.

Inventor: Southwest Wind Power
Availability: Now; about $10,000, including installation

To learn more visit the Southwest Wind Power website

by Jacqueline Stevenson Brand Futurist The Republik Corporal Strategic Ops

Photo Credit: © Southwest Wind Power