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China leads the world in terms of renewable energy resources like solar power. And not just by a small margin either, making over twice as much solar power as the next highest country, the USA. Where do you store any excess solar energy for use when the sun isn't shining? Answer: in ridiculously big batteries.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: Battery, Lithium-ion, Power Management, G
Local studio Patrick Bradley Architects has added a cantilevered shipping container to ruined walls on an old farm in Northern Ireland to create a contemporary house with an annexe. Read more
the use of solid fiber cement and translucent polyester resin roofs makes the shelter appear transparent. The post shipping containers shape see-through prefabricated residence in thai forest appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Portuguese studio Madeiguincho has made superb use of an old shipping container by transforming it into an attractive tiny house. The firm heavily modified the humble metal box, adding a rooftop terrace and a space-saving interior that opens up to the outside.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Micro-House, Tiny Footprint, House, Home
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Transporting goods by inland waterways can be a dirty business, but an EU-backed project is looking to clean up its act – launching a container vessel powered by green hydrogen on a major cargo route between the Netherlands and Germany.Continue ReadingCategory: Marine, TransportTags: Hydrogen-powered, Shipping, shipping containers, Climate Solutions: Shipping
Ships can become mobile wave energy converters, say Chinese researchers, using "heaving oscillators" that draw power from heaving, rolling and pitching movements as they move through the sea, while also acting as motion dampers to improve safety.Continue ReadingCategory: Marine, TransportTags: Alternative Energy, Wave Power, Clean Energy, Ships, Shipping, Marine
The River Forest Lookout is an interesting project that puts shipping container-based architecture on a pedestal – literally. The tiny retreat takes the form of a fire lookout tower-style design that consists of two containers raised 60 ft (18 m) above the forest floor in Whitfield County, Georgia.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Airbnb, shipping co
perched 60 feet (18 meters) above the forest floor on a slender metal framework, the lookout offers a serene getaway amidst pristine nature. The post refurbished shipping containers host secluded retreat in rural georgia, USA appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
The MOT (Module of Temporality) offers an interesting take on shipping container-based design. The project cleverly plays to the strengths of the metal boxes by creating a temporary art gallery that can be packed up and moved to a new location when required.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, shipping containers, sustainable design, Art


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