Due to an enormous amount of requests deadline extended to 18 december.
The Green Dot Awards is a consumer guide to excellence in environmentally-sustainable practices. A business with a Green Dot Award is a business that can be trusted by consumers with stewardship of the environment. Recognition from the Green Dot Awards allows businesses to promote their products and services as items that are manufactured and delivered in an environmentally friendly manner.
If your product or services take into account environmental sustainability factors, you can enter to be recognized by one of the most prestigious international awards.
Submit your work in the following categories
build
— Revolutionary showcases of sustainable design and functional live/work spaces.
concept
— This category is reserved for environmental innovators with a revolutionary business proposal or plan.
service
— Any organized system of communication, employees and/or apparatus that supplies the consumer with support, resources, solutions for their eco-work and lifestyle.
product —
Everyday items with an exemplary design aesthetic that are accessible to the average consumer or business and that promote and support eco-conscious living.
media —
Films, festivals, television programs, visual arts, awareness campaigns or any other arts and culture media that bring awareness to the need for positive environmental change.
transportation
— Eco-innovations in mobility.
Good Luck! [ green dot awards ]
nissan leaf ev
Winning a $1 billion exclusive contract from 2013 to supply NYC with its taxis for ten years, Nissan’s new take on the NYC taxi is based upon a modified passenger version of its NV200 compact commercial vehicle already common on the roads of Japan, Europe and China. But wait! Six taxi drivers will be given a Nissan Leaf EV for a year!
nv200 compact
The taxis will run regular business for a year, and compile important data comparing the Nissan Leaf’s performance to traditional taxi cabs. A concern is the Nissan Leaf has a 100-mile range. But New York City’s cold and stormy winters will take it’s toll on that range. Most New York City cab drivers tend to drive an average of 100 miles a day. However, the EV taxi service is will operate out of a central garage that will more than likely have a 480-volt DC fast charging so taxis can get back on the road in 30 minutes. There has been no mention of having batteries available to switch out when the one in-use gets depleted. The deal is still early, so of course there are kinks that need to be worked out. In collaboration with the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission.
Earlier this year Mitsubishi touted the comparatively low price of its all-electric i: $27,990 (which drops to $20,490 after the $7,500 tax credit is applied) for the base ES version. The SE and SE Premium were $2,000 and $4,790, plus $720 destination charges tacked on. At the time, Mitsubishi tried to get the after-tax credit price of the entry-level ES under $19,990, but that the Japanese earthquake prevented this.
All models will see a price increase of $1,135:
ES: $29,125 ($21,625 after tax credit)
SE: $31,125 ($23,625 after tax credit)
SE with Premium package: $33,915 ($26,415 after tax credit)
The cars are still lower than other all-electrics in the U.S.
Looking for exercise? Like music? This is very rad. Biker-powered generators to power local musician rehearsals. June 26. pedal power nyc [RK]
Will this be world’s fastest hybrid? A combo Prius and Veyron? Jaguar and Williams F1 is teaming up on a greenish supercar. The hybrid tech is a ‘state-of-the-art, small-capacity, highly boosted internal combustion engine’ and an electric motor on each axle and lithium-ion battery technology from Williams. The Jaguar C-X75 will be four-wheel drive, and able to drive using just the combustion engine, in EV mode with a range ‘in excess of 30 miles or use a combination of the two. There are three drive configurations: EV, Normal and Track.
250 cars will be built, 200 destined as road cars and 50 as racers. You can order one or more today. Production is confirmed for a 2013 delivery. Price estimate $1 million-plus USD. Production name is Jaguar CX-75. [ veyron ] [ car magazine ]
not what you expected when you google atomic birdhouses?
Nevertheless, handmade from recycled wood, these houses and feeders are finished with a Poly-Soy protective clear finish made from a rapidly renewable resource material, providing a glossy finish, resistance against weather, stains, and moisture, and protection from water, mildew, and UV rays.
producer: who else but atomic birdhouses
fastcompany mod2010.
designers with a purpose.
Patricia Urquiola -designer ( high-art, commerce, woman )
Walter Hood – landscape architect ( urban, public, green )
Bjarke Ingels – architect ( youth, controversy, planet )
Gadi Amit – designer ( green, sustainability, anti-obsolescence )
Denis Wiel – vp of concept and design, mcdonald’s ( style, process, modern )
Fiona Morrisson – brand architect, jetblue ( branding, design, passion )
rising stars
michael murphy ( architecture student/designer ) christien meindertsma ( product designer ) candy chang ( urban planner/graphic designer ) emily pilloton ( designer ) eviana hartman ( fashion designer ) bobby c martin jr ( graphic designer ) ma ke ( fashion designer )
