Good News Notes: “French startup PowerZ has raised another $8.3 million (€7 million at today’s exchange rate) including $1.2 million (€1 million) in debt — the rest is a traditional equity round. The company is both an edtech startup and a video game studio with an ambitious goal — it wants to build a game that is…
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Solar Mountain Would Produce Renewable Energy at Burning Man
Good News Notes: “Environmental design is becoming more and more relevant as we feel the effects of climate change on our planet. Artists, architects, and other designers are finding new ways to consider the impact of their work and to design less intrusively. Burning Man is a well-known community focused on art and self-expression, so it is…
Zero Waste in Architecture: Rethink, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
Good News Notes: “Rethink is about changing how you think about things. Break paradigms, include new materials and solutions, and reconsider precedent.” “The idea of Reducing can also be highly complex. It can mean decreasing the amount of concrete in a structure by consciously resizing it, or designing for lightweight systems that use less raw materials…