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eco-fireplace, flueless fireplace, indoor fireplace, Italian design, Koloo, mini fireplace, miniature fireplace, Nago-L, Nago-S

Get Fired Up with Nago by Koloo

If you’ve ever had to vent a fireplace or wood stove, then you know how much trouble it can be. Do you put the pipe in the ceiling or the wall? Who will install the thing so that you can be safe from chimney fires? Will the insurance company approve of the specifications? Read more

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Dutch design, Fabrikaat, green wall, herb garden, herbs, indoor plant system, partition, room divider, terrarium, vertical garden, wall system

Terrarium Meets Partition: The HERB² by Mariann Hildal and Milda Liubinskaite

Indoor plants are a must for creating a comfortable living environment. When apartments in densely-populated cities are in search of plants that maximize their tight quarters - like Amsterdam or Rotterdam, for instance - they turn to vertical heights. Read more

Alcoa, aluminum cladding, architectural panels, EcoClean™ technology, green architectural panels, pollution control, Reynobond® panels

Smog Be Gone! Reynobond® with EcoClean™ Aluminum Cladding by Alcoa

Back in 2010, Alcoa received the Metal Construction Association’s President’s Award for outstanding building projects using their Reynobond® materials on the facades, canopies, skylights and other areas throughout the campus of the Los Angeles Area High School #9. Read more

algae powered lamp, bio lamp, bio powered lamp, carbon reduction, energy efficient, environmentally responsible, lamp, microalgae, mixotropic algae, Pierre Calleja, streetlamp, sustainable

Pierre Calleja’s Microalgae Street Lamps Light the Way to Cleaner Air

French biochemist Pierre Calleja poses the question, “who will save our suffocating world?” Read more

bamboo ceiling fan, Big Ass Fan Company, ceiling fan, composite ceiling fan, Haiku fan, modern residential fan, residential ceiling fan, wooden fan

Haiku Fan Wins the 2012 International Red Dot Award

Settling into the same category as thin doors and cheap hardware around the house is the lack luster look of a utilitarian fan. Read more