To me its a really bizarre looking house from the outside where all the mouths are sticking out but when inside, the light that strikes the bottles and shines in is quite gorgeous. I don’t know if its eco-friendly given that the bottles actually can be recycled. But at any rate, no one can say it’s a boring house.
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A House made of Bottles
2010
02.12
02.12
“Sikat” solar powered car made by DLSU
2010
01.16
01.16
The future is here with this solar powered car designed and developed by De La Salle University (DLSU) students and faculty. They will be using it for the 2011 World Solar Car Challenge in Australia after testing it and promoting the use of solar energy by touring the Philippines.
SURFACE AREA
As you can see in the picture, the design of the car is meant to take advantage of as much surface area as possible. Sunpower which provides the highest-efficiency solar cells in the world is a sponsor and they manufacture the cells right in Laguna.
ABOUT THE CAR
Sikat’s body is made of lightweight carbon fiber found in current F1 car models. At 190 kg, Sikat is lighter by 100 kilograms than the original solar car produced by DLSU last year called Sinag. It can also outrun Sinag’s top speed of 112 kph.
Read more about it in good news pilipinas.
Philippines gets US$310 Million in Green Funds
2009
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12.21
“The results were disappointing,” said Antonio G.M. La Viña, dean of the Ateneo de Manila University School of Government and a Philippine delegate to the 15th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen. “The goals were not ambitious at all.”
Nevertheless, as countries left the talks before any effective deal could be reached to arrest global warming, the Philippines did at least secure $310 million worth of funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy development which hopefully will actually get to the hands of those who can help.
The bulk of the funds, $250-million to be exact, will come from the Clean Technology Fund of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Another $50 million will come from the UN Global Environment Fund, and the final $10 million from Denmark to support local water utilities.