3 Things to Inspire Your Weekend: #57

Quote of the day: 
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. -Alan Kay

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One UK company -Pavengen, is changing the way energy is harnessed, by utilizing the human body. It is a technology company that has developed a special floor tile to convert energy from people's footsteps into small amounts of electrical power. The founder, Laurence Kemball-Cook, came up with the idea while working for an energy company years ago. He was given the task of finding a way to power street lights with wind and solar energy, but he couldn't do so due to lack of sunlight and unpredictable weather. It was then he started thinking of how other sources of power in urban environments could be utilized. Today, the company has worked with many international brands, and its most recent project and floor installations were in West End London and Heathrow Airport Terminal 3, with the floors helping to power the lights at the airport.

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A volunteer army in India, made up of some 1.5 million people have planted 66 million trees in 12 hours as part of a record-breaking environmental pledge. The volunteers got together to plant saplings along the Narmada River, in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. And last year, volunteers elsewhere in Uttar Pradesh state had set a world record then, by planting more than 50 million trees in one day. Under the Paris agreement, India promised to increase its forests by 5 million hectares by 2030.

As seen on Arch Daily, CY Residence
Architects: Kedem Shinar Design & Architecture

Brief: Each component of the house designed to be functional, with special combination of wood, concrete and iron materials. Others: disappearing windows and clean landscape.

Theme: High windows and sliding doors, subtle brickwork, spacious garden
Location: Gezer, Israel
Photograph: Amit Geron, Peled Studios




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