Tag: scotland

  • 7 Awesome Gardens From Around the World

    Perhaps you are busy planting flowers in your yard or maybe you’re headed downtown to stroll through a public garden…

  • Fiscavaig House Rests on Stilts to Minimize Environmental Impact

    This tiny Fiscavaig Hen House by Rural Design near the Isle of Skye in Scotland was designed with the local ancient landscape in mind. With a need to minimize its environmental impact and provide virtually no disruption to the surrounding area, the tiny timber home rests on stilts and is only 70 square meters in…

  • This Week in Energy News – February 8, 2013

    German PV Installations Set New Record The Federal Network Agency of Germany (Bundesnetzagentur) photovoltaic solar (PV) installation counts that set new records at 7.6 GW of PV power plants installed and connected to the grid. First Solar Acquires New Mexico Solar Power Project The 50-megawatt solar power project First Solar has acquired from the solar division…

  • Taking A Tip From The High Line, A New Bridge For Edinburgh

    By taking over an abandoned set of train tracks, a Scottish design studio seeks to connect bike paths in a green bridge over Leith Walk, a major thoroughfare. Thank you for your interest in this story. To read the rest of it, please visit EarthTechlin…

  • Oops: Wave Power Research Buoy Goes Missing

    Be on the lookout: A big Vattenfall/Pelamis wave power project in Scotland can’t find its research buoy. Thank you for your interest in this story. To read the rest of it, please visit EarthTechling.