Green Options » Clever http://greenoptions.com/tag/clever Posts tagged 'Clever' Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:35:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en CLEVER Vehicle From Technical University of Berlin http://ecoscraps.com/2008/10/09/clever-vehicle-from-technical-university-of-berlin/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/10/09/clever-vehicle-from-technical-university-of-berlin/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:35:49 +0000 Adam Williams http://ecoscraps.com/2008/10/09/clever-vehicle-from-technical-university-of-berlin/

The CLEVER – Compact Low Emissions Vehicle for Urban Transport — was hatched at the Technical University of Berlin for lean, green, science-fiction-turned-hot-reality commuting to work. It is a one-seater that can do 100 KPH (62 MPH), and for a range of around 200 kilometers (~ 125 miles) while emitting less than 60 g/km of CO2.

Sources: Ecotality Life and Green Upgrader

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The evaporating clay fridge is clever, cheap and does no harm to nature. Why can't more technology these days follow its example?

This smart preservation device for foodstuffs was invented in 1995 by Nigerian engineer Mohammed Bah Abba. The Pot-in-pot cooler consists of a small earthenware pot nestling inside a larger one with wet sand filling the space in between. As the water in the wet sand evaporates, it extracts heat from contents of the inner pot thus cooling them. The pot cooler is one of many clever ideas shown at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York in its in "Design for the other 90%" exhibition opening 4 May 2007.

Link: More Social Responsible Design

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]]> http://juergenhorn.greenoptions.com/2007/05/05/random-green-stuff-high-tech-should-go-low-tech/feed/ Random Green Stuff: Loreme — Beautiful Car Design and Good to Nature http://juergenhorn.greenoptions.com/2007/05/02/random-green-stuff-loreme-beautiful-car-design-and-good-to-nature/ http://juergenhorn.greenoptions.com/2007/05/02/random-green-stuff-loreme-beautiful-car-design-and-good-to-nature/#comments Wed, 02 May 2007 12:40:42 +0000 Juergen Horn http://juergenhorn.greenoptions.com/2007/05/02/random-green-stuff-loreme-beautiful-car-design-and-good-to-nature/ Editor's note: We're happy to welcome Juergen Horn on board as our newest writer. Juergen is a photographer and blogger who publishes Random Good Stuff and Ireland Blog. A German native, Juergen has recently moved to Ireland.

Loreme is a company based in Munich, Germany and if I had only three words to describe them I would choose "Simple, Clever & Fun". With their latest invention "Loremeo" they created a really beatiful and affordable car with a starting price of $14,976.

Concept:

How expensive will petrol become? How valuable is the environment to us, really?
Why do we need 1.5 tons of steel to get an 80 kg person from A to B?

While trying to answer these questions we developed a concept which ensures mobility for everyone also in the future: Loremo = low resistance mobile!

The cars of the future will have to be more efficient, which means less consumption of resources during production and operation. Loremo stands for this efficiency.

It's a simple idea: Weight and air resistance are decisive for fuel consumption of vehicles. Reducing these factors will reduce consumption. And the more you reduce the more efficient you will drive.
Lightness instead of mass: a principle which has proven reliable for generations in the fields of sports.

Simple:

Loremo offers functionality in a most confined space, versatility and simple handling. And with a consumption of 1.5 litres per 100 km Loremo is not only friendly to the environment but also good for your purse.

Clever:

As a sports car, Loremo offers the pleasure of driving with "added value" and defines a pioneering - because sustainable - philosophy of life - and all this at a sensationally nice price!

and finally: FUN!

Link: Loremo

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