http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:20:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/ikea-solar-wind-powered-lamps.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:30:52 +0000 Swedish home products company has launched a new series of environmentally friendly outdoor lights. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/xbox-kinect-controlled-solar-house.html Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:30:56 +0000 A remarkable prototype living space, two years in the making, uses the innovative technology to give residents effortless control over their surroundings.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/solar-lamp-phone-charge.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:30:18 +0000 This affordable and eco-friendly lighting solution is small enough to fit on a bottle and therefore more versatile for the global south.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/bp-cancels-their-solar-power-division-headlines.html Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0000 Energy group says it 'can't make any money' from selling panels despite spending $20bn annually on oil and gas developments.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/ikea-to-expand-us-solar-investment-to-75-of-stores-headlines.html Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:41:49 +0000 The big box furniture retailer is making a push to become more sustainable.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/solar-powered-battery-charger-tweets-your-energy-savings.html Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:10:47 +0000 The Changers Solar Starter measures how much energy it has stored and created and shares that information with your followers to help motivate people to be environmentally conscious.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/leds-can-save-more-electricity-than-solar-can-produce-headlines.html Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:00:16 +0000 Saving energy can be easier and more efficient than producing new renewable energy.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/germany-may-buy-greeks-sunshine-headlines.html Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:42:55 +0000 Greece is hoping that solar energy can help the country out of its debt crisis. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/print-documents-by-sun-tanning-the-paper-with-solar-printe.html Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:55:20 +0000 A new concept printer uses solar energy to power itself and also uses sunlight to print out black and white images and content. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/google-allows-homeowners-to-rent-solar-panels.html Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:59:59 +0000 Tthe multi-billion Internet company is committed to helping 10,000 homeowners install solar panels to promote green energy. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/samsungs-solar-panel-equipped-netbook-charges-in-the-sunshine.html Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:16:11 +0000 The first solar powered netbook offers extra mobility and up to 1000 charge cycles.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/nissan-works-on-recharging-leaf-with-solar-power-headlines.html Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:07:08 +0000 Nissan’s Leaf went on sale late last year, but the automaker is looking ahead to about five years time when aging Leaf vehicles may offer alternative business opportunities in using their lithium-ion batteries as a storage place for electricity. Yahoo]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/why-the-insurance-industry-gets-climate-change.html Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:24:58 +0000 Insurance companies understand risk better than most of us, which puts them in a surprisingly unique position to grapple with the gamble we're taking with our planet.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/solar-window-design-for-charging-electronics.html Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:24:15 +0000 Windows double as charging stations for the home.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/becoming-the-uks-first-solar-town-video.html Tue, 31 May 2011 14:17:00 +0000 Inspired and sponsored by Jeremy Leggett's Solar Century venture, rare-breed farmer Stephan Frankel conceived WREN, a social enterprise with the goal of returning to the community capital generated by local solar power cells. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/casual-solar-power-the-soft-rockers-at-mit-pics.html Fri, 06 May 2011 11:51:42 +0000 The outdoor rocking furniture stores solar energy and can charge any USB device.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/surge-in-solar-panels-on-uk-household-roofs.html Wed, 04 May 2011 11:14:56 +0000 Government subsidies driving demand for panels. Expert says fall in price removes need for feed-in tariff review.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/is-masdar-the-city-of-the-future.html Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:18:39 +0000 Masdar City, which is being constructed near Abu Dhabi, will rely entirely on solar energy and other renewable energy sources, and hopes to become the first zero-carbon, zero-waste city.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/ge-recreates-the-sun-video.html Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:05:13 +0000 An aesthetically breathtaking experiment captures the force and power of the star in a way that feels humanly palpable and takes science from explanation back into the realm of magical thinking. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/new-study-finds-solar-panels-are-contagious-headlines.html Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:24:28 +0000 Are you more likely to install solar panels if your neighbor has them? ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/ralph-lauren-solar-powered-backpack-will-charge-your-iphone.html Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:20:10 +0000 The latest fusion of design and technology creates a backpack that absorbs and harnesses the energy of the sun while you're wearing it.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/going-off-grid-at-the-field-lab.html Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:52:06 +0000 Man clears his debt and engages with the challenges of eking out existence in inhospitable terrain.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/kurzweil-predicts-100-solar-power-in-20-years.html Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:02:28 +0000 Futurist Ray Kurzweil sees solar energy advancing at an exponential rate, soon reaching the tipping point towards universal use.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/fridge-keeps-its-contents-cool-for-10-days-with-no-power.html Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:03:51 +0000 The Vaccine refrigerator holds immense promise for rural and underdeveloped regions to store food and medicines.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/cycle-paths-may-soon-provide-solar-power.html Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:37:14 +0000 The Netherlands ups the environmentally friendly ante by maximising cycle paths]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/top-10-small-scale-renewable-energy-innovators.html Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:34:10 +0000 From high-rise plant factories to solar rubbish dumps, here is the pick of small companies at the World Future Energy conference.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/a-redesign-for-the-worlds-first-solar-powered-light-bulb.html Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:08:12 +0000 This year Nokero introduced the innovative light source. The N200 is its brighter, stronger and more robust successor. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/john-gerzema-the-diy-utility-company.html Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:34:46 +0000 Stanford Business School friends Lynn Jurich and Ed Fenster solved the basic problem in residential solar energy — upfront cost — by offering homeowners fixed leases on all the equipment they need to get off the grid. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/worlds-smallest-solar-powered-cinema.html Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:13:14 +0000 This tiny movie theatre can fit eight audience members and is 100% sun powered.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/a-solar-powered-bike-sharing-system.html Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:57:35 +0000 Copenhagen gets a sustainable bicycle network in a concept design by Stefano Marchetto.]]>