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Apr 22, 2022
Skroz draws on rural Croatian buildings for Eco Pig Farm
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: food, sustainability
Pigs live in modular pens in barns with airy lattice-like facades on this Croatian farm designed by architecture studio Skroz.
Skroz designed the Eco Pig Farm for Sin Ravnice, one of the first professional breeders dedicated to the long-neglected Slavonian Black pig, which is indigenous to the Slavonia region of eastern Croatia.
The pig is prized for its bacon and the local specialty sausage “kulen”, but its numbers dwindled during the 20th century as factory farming increased, because the breed requires access to pasture.
Apr 22, 2022
TEF Design creates living wall for San Francisco substation
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: energy, materials
A lush green wall and back-lit fibreglass panels are found on the exterior of an electrical substation extension that was designed by TEF Design to achieve net-zero energy consumption.
Owned by the utility company Pacific Gas and Electric, the Larkin Street Substation Expansion is located on a mid-block site in the city’s Tenderloin neighbourhood. It adjoins a concrete structure built in 1962 to supply power to the northeastern part of San Francisco.
For the constrained site, local firm TEF Design conceived a two-storey addition that totals 12,200 square feet (1,133 square metres). The extension rises 50 feet (15 metres) at its highest point.
Apr 22, 2022
Plants May Let Out Ultrasonic Squeals When Stressed
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
Circa 2019
Human ears can’t hear them, but other plants or animals might.
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Apr 22, 2022
Is SpaceX better at parrying Russian cyberattacks than the Pentagon?
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: cybercrime/malcode, military, space travel
Apr 22, 2022
SpaceX lands a Falcon 9 booster for the 12th time, launches 53 more Starlink satellites
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: internet, satellites
Apr 22, 2022
A new genome reference index could save the gene diversity of humans
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
Apr 22, 2022
Here’s everything we know about the next-gen Apple Car
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: transportation
Apr 22, 2022
Carmakers and Countries Come Together to Ban ICE Vehicles by 2040
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: climatology, sustainability
Apr 22, 2022
With coal surge, China puts energy security and growth before climate
Posted by Len Rosen in category: climatology
China is using loopholes in climate agreements to continue to build and operate coal-fired power plants.
China produces and consumes half the world’s coal and despite recent climate pledges, it remains deeply bound to continuing to use this energy source.