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The world is running out of sand
Sand is the second most-used resource after water, but it’s unregulated and ripping environments apart. The world is in crisis yet again....

Deen Gabriel
Aug 1, 20223 min read


A 167 km long city will snake through the Saudi desert
A tall and narrow stripe of a city more than 105 miles long, teeming with 9 million residents and running entirely on renewable energy —...

Deen Gabriel
Jul 28, 20223 min read


Lighting tips to make you feel better
LED and CFLs (compact fluorescent light) are replacing the incandescent lightbulb in most new builds. While these new lighting...

Deen Gabriel
Jul 21, 20223 min read


Algae biopanel windows make power, oxygen and biomass, and suck up CO2
Energy-generating bio-panels that suck up carbon dioxide and pump out biomass for use as fuel or fertilizer – that's the idea behind...

Deen Gabriel
Jul 14, 20224 min read


A new breakthrough could turn windows into active solar panels
The dream of transforming windows into active power generators has just edged one step closer to realization. A semi-transparent...

Deen Gabriel
Jul 5, 20222 min read


Egyptian students develop glow-in-the-dark concrete
Menna Soliman, an undergraduate student and one of the researchers at the university’s Department of Construction Engineering, says that...

Deen Gabriel
Jun 28, 20221 min read


Upgrades that can lower your home’s value
Many homeowners look for ways to increase the value of their homes and a common and efficient way of doing so is through upgrades, which...

Deen Gabriel
Jun 24, 20224 min read


Maldives' floating city will soon unveil its first magnificent house
And the first residents can move in as soon as 2024. The Maldives Floating City (MFC) is an ambitious but need-of-the-hour project to...

Deen Gabriel
Jun 23, 20223 min read


Upcycled bricks filter pollution from rainwater runoff
AquiPor Technologies paver bricks absorb runoff water and pollution from rainwater runoff. Started in 2015, the Spokane, Washington-based...

Deen Gabriel
Jun 21, 20222 min read


Construction underway on the Eastern Cape's new Mega Bridge
Sanral's flagship infrastructure project in the province is the Msikaba Bridge, which forms part of the N2 Wild Coast Road Project that...

Deen Gabriel
Jun 15, 20221 min read


Top residential estate planning to build its own solar power plant
Val de Vie is planning to build its own solar power plant with 3,600 photovoltaic (PV) modules to generate 1 MV of electricity. Val de...

Deen Gabriel
Jun 13, 20222 min read


An office tower with 'solar skin' to save 77 tons of CO2 each year
At 550-558 Spencer Street in West Melbourne, Australia, an eight-story building will be the country's first office tower with a "solar...

Deen Gabriel
Jun 7, 20222 min read


University of Johannesburg 3D prints RDP house in just one day
Not enough houses are being built, and existing projects are not being completed fast enough, while budget constraints are a huge factor...

Deen Gabriel
Jun 2, 20222 min read


Tesla wants to turn homes into mini power plants
Tesla Inc. is hoping to turn some Texas homes into “virtual power plants” after tests showed its home batteries can be quickly tapped to...

Deen Gabriel
Jun 1, 20221 min read


Joburg to spend R316.5 million on smart city systems
The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) has prioritised several technology projects to realise its smart city ambitions, and it plans to invest...

Deen Gabriel
May 26, 20222 min read


New dynamic glass can tint with an electric charge and is coming to your home
To adapt society for climate change, it's all about energy efficiency. If we focus too much on solar, wind, and other alternative power...

Deen Gabriel
May 25, 20223 min read


How to heat your home on a budget this winter
The onset of winter weather will inevitably cause an uptake in power consumption that Eskom, an already struggling power utility, simply...

Deen Gabriel
May 20, 20223 min read


The office spaces transforming into luxury apartments
As remote work has left many offices empty, developers are turning these spaces into private homes – hopefully reviving dying business...

Deen Gabriel
May 11, 20226 min read


China is building a 180 meter dam in only 2 years thanks to AI and 3D printing
China aims to build the world's tallest construction using 3D printing processes and artificial intelligence (AI). The country will...

Deen Gabriel
May 11, 20222 min read


How to flip a property
Purchasing a home, only for the purpose of renovating it and then selling it for a greater price is a popular kind of property investment...

Deen Gabriel
May 6, 20222 min read
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