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Plug-And-Play Solar Panels By Veranda Solar

March 16, 2009

Plug-And-Play Solar Panels

Veranda Solar Panels

Solar start-up Veranda Solar wants to change the world of solar power the way Apple changed computers. Veranda got a big head-start on financing the start-up when the company was awarded 100,000€ as runner-up in the PICNIC Green Challenge, funded by the Dutch postcode lottery. The solar panels Veranda uses are nothing special. The prototypes were developed in cooperation with Stanford University and SunPower Corp. No new photovoltaic advances, no biomimicry.

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Ecovative Design’s Greensulate Revolutionizes Insulation

October 13, 2008

Ecovative Design’s Greensulate Revolutionizes Insulation

Ecovative Design’s Greensulate (building insulation) and Negative Volume (packaging) are manufactured -or rather, grown-from agricultural waste products like rice hulls, which are combined with water, recycled paper and living mushroom cells to create panels that can be used to insulate buildings or protect packages during shipment.

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