Case studies and articles

Smurfit Kappa's Roermond plant has won several environmental awards over the years.

Nebia leverages advances in design and thermofluids to create a better shower experience that saves thousands of gallons of water a year.

Gary Chang, managing director of the Edge Design Institute, has designed his own 344-square-foot Hong Kong apartment to have movable walls and furniture to create over 24 different rooms, from a ki

Practical Action is implementing integrated rice-duck farming project in Chitwan and Nawalparasi districts of Nepal with the financial support of Grand Challenges Canada.

A team of Chinese scientists are now able to create electricity with the assistance of raindrops thanks to a thin layer of graphene they use to coat their solar cells.

Levi’s launched a Water<Less™ line of jeans in 2011, designed to reduce the use of water.

Cologic is a company that specialises in portable, vertical transportation systems to transporting waste paper, cardboard and plastic, from the workplace to

QO hotel in Amsterdam aims to embrace a sustainable, circular approach and generate a positive impact for both people and planet.

In the United States, Pentair worked with Urban Organics to develop the Recirculating Aquaculture System.

ReGen Village, outside of Amsterdam, is a model for a future, fully closed-loop settlement. In ReGen, any household waste that can be composted will feed livestock or soldier flies; the soldier fli

Unpackaged market stall launched as a test in 2006 as a better way to sell products without unnecessary packaging.

Belgian automotive group WorldAutoSteel has developed light-weight, steel-intensive designs that reduce (electric) vehicle weight.

Proprietary anti-reflective coating from DSM boosts the transmission, output and durability of solar modules. The anti-reflective coating was inspired by work in the picture framing glass industry.

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One Seattle non-profit has a remarkably simple way to end homelessness: Give people homes.

An abandoned steel mill in New Jersey, USA, will become the world’s largest vertical farm following investment by AeroFarms.

Pavegen is a multifunctional custom flooring system. As people step on the tiles, their weight causes electric-magnetic induction that generates electricity.

Vertical Harvest is a three story hydroponic farm that is designed to the unique weather conditions of Jackson, Wyoming.

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is the world's sixth-largest consumer health company.

Beans4feed is a research programme in Scotland that is researching and designing techniques to use locally grown protein for fish feed.

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With world diamond production having peaked and increasing concern about the adverse environmental impact of mining, a jewellery start-up based in Amsterdam, House of Eleonore, creates fine diamond

German logistics and delivery company DHL has started to use the canals in Amsterdam and Venice to ensure a speedy delivery of parcels and packages in both cities.

Most laboratory buildings use significantly more water per square foot than standard commercial buildings and significant cost-effective improvements can be made in water efficiency, especially wit

Computer scientist Andrew Adamatzky from the University of the West of England, utilised slime moulds to identify efficient networks that mimic real-world transportation systems. Adamatzky coated a

ECF aquaponics farm systems combine two circulatory systems in a unique and environmentally friendly way, working cost-efficiently and successfully.

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The Eastgate Centre in Harare, Zimbabwe, typifies the best of green architecture and ecologically sensitive adaptation.

Acre provides modular, zero energy smart homes with a standardised pricing structure. Acre’s provides various components of the home - from wall and roof panels, through appliances and light fixtur

Infarm, a vertical farming startup in Germany, wants to eliminate transportation time altogether with a mini-farm that grows lettuce and herbs right in grocery store aisles. 

Czech automaker Skoda has announced a new sustainability strategy called GreenFuture aimed at making its cars more fuel-efficient and improving water and energy eco

Farm from a Box provides communities with the tools required to grow their own food and earn an income.

Smart Circular Designs based on the knowledge of flows. Community platform for designers to promote their circular products.

Tiny TIM was designed by architect and landscape photographer Hans Peter Föllmi, architect Jurgen van der Ploeg and the students of the Future Planet Studies Dante Föllmi, Waas Thissen and Abe van

Gispen is an interior design and furnishing company that provides a variety of circular services for existing interiors.

When renovating the Cooperative Wholesale Trade Chamber (HAKA) in 2008, architect DoepelStrijkers was commissioned to make the interior suitable for new businesses, institutions and governments.

The theater at Epidaurus in the fourth century B.C. creates a sophisticated acoustic filter.