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The new house was built in Shiga Prefecture in central Japan, next to the largest freshwater lake in the country. Photo: Ushijima Architects

Advance construction for flooding

Guarding the house: a Japanese architectural firm has designed a private house that will remain stable and protect its residents - even if the floods hit it hard
The alternative Eiffel Tower - has zero net carbon emissions. Photo: Dassault Systems

What would the Eiffel Tower look like if it was built with green construction

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Dassault Systèmes recreates the Eiffel Tower in virtual space to demonstrate greener city planning and infrastructure
"When you read the contents and the schedules, you understand that there is a serious plan here." Photo: Tokyo Metropolitan Government

The Green City - the Japanese version

In Tokyo, a futuristic city is being planned, which is completely sustainable and economically viable. Green utopia or ecological fantasy?
Ido Sela, ECOoncrete. PR photo

The developers of the marine ecological concrete are finalists for the European Patent Office award

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Dr. Ido Sela and the late Dr. Shamrit Perkol-Finkel were announced as finalists in the European Inventor Award for 2022 by the European Patent Office (EPO). The two are founding partners of the Israeli startup company Aconcrete, developed an innovative ecological concrete for construction in a marine environment that reduces emissions pollutants, supports the prosperity of the marine ecosystem near and on the building, while strengthening it
Cement plant and dedicated trucks. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The plastic granules that make the concrete stronger and on the way also environmentally friendly

Polyrock is a concrete in which soft plastic particles are incorporated that are difficult to form in any other way, but it is also cheap, stable and has acoustic and durable properties
Copenhill. The proof that sustainable architecture can be attractive as well as environmentally friendly. Photo: BIG

Surf on a power station

The Kabi Corp certification is awarded to companies that meet a long list of standards related to their social and environmental conduct. Illustration: B Lab

Society without harm | angle

An innovative standard that is currently gaining momentum around the world is the B Corporation (or "B Corp" for short), which is awarded to businesses and organizations with profit goals that are conducted in a socially and environmentally friendly manner. Israeli companies are hardly present
The road to recovery. . Image: depositphotos.com

The road to green restoration

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Joe Biden, the elected president of the USA. Photo: depositphotos.com

Summary of 2020 in the environment: not only Corona

Following the Corona, we were destined to face new challenges that had a great impact on the person and the environment: instead of personal meetings, we switched to meetings on Zoom and other online platforms, we traveled the country and avoided social gatherings and wore masks everywhere we went. Will 2020 also be the year that dictates the way for significant changes in the public's attitude to environmental issues?
Sea sponges from Wikipedia. By Twilight Zone Expedition Team 2007, NOAA-OE. - NOAA Photo Library: reef3859, Public Domain, Link

Cement substitutes inspired by nature

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Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv Mittal Lehavi, who is one of the winners of the Green Globe Award. From her Facebook page

9 winners of the Green Globe award and the Ministry of Energy who won the Black Globe

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The olfactory cells in the nose at the ends of which are CILLIA hairs. Image shutterstock

Smart windows inspired by nose hairs

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"Israel is approaching the limit of its carrying capacity. The establishment of artificial islands is needed now more than ever."

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Ribbed ceiling. Photo: shutterstock

Do biomimetic solutions necessarily also exist?

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A smart city in Nigeria. Screenshot from a promotional video of the Nigerian government.

First smart biomimetic city to be built in Nigeria

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Almost infinite economic potential. Melodea CEO Yoram Shakdi (right) and founder Shaul Lapidot with plates made of Thai crystals. Photo: Itai Nebo

to produce plastic from wood

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The first residential building in the world whose energy it consumes is produced by algae The first residential building in the world whose energy it consumes is produced by algae Photo: Colt International, Arup Deutschland, SSC

the green house

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The New York Times Building. Credit: Wikipedia, JLEON (TALK)

Let the sun be a hand / David Baylo

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Minister Amir Peretz at the Pratt Award ceremony, May 9, 2013. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Minister Peretz: canceling the plan to reduce greenhouse gases - lacks any economic and social logic

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A request for a fair distribution of the gas from a campaign of social organizations and environmental organizations

2013 elections: the parties present an upgraded environmental platform

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Hot clinker after leaving the kiln. Image manipulation: Macau500, wikimedia/commons

to build with less greenhouse gases

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Legends in the valley - a green construction project. Illustration: Ministry of Environmental Protection

Minister Gilad Erdan inaugurated the green construction project in the north - "Legends in the Valley"

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Green charging stations for electric vehicles. Illustration: Fernhauper Institute

Following Davos 2012: investment in the environment is closely tied to Israel's economic growth

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Burj Khalifa in Dubai - the tallest building in the world since 2009. From Wikipedia

Not only because of the wind - on skyscrapers

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Air pollution and carbon emissions, from Wikipedia.

Changes in growth habits

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