Solar Ivy is bringing to market a novel solar energy generating system. This new system pairs the latest in smart materials (thin-film photovoltaics) with the beauty of biomimicry (resembling natural leaves) to help people live a green lifestyle.
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- Parent company: SMIT - Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology, LLC
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Hinge Magazine, v170 - September 2009 IssueCreated about 2 weeks ago
Design and the Elastic MindUpdated about 7 months ago
Solar Ivy SOLAR IVY is to be featured in our German partner, Officium's presentation during 'The Future of "Green Buildings": 2nd German American Energy Efficiency Conference... Today! Please see more information on the conference below
Source: www.gacctexas.com
In the United States alone, buildings account for 72% of electricity consumption, 39% of energy use, 38% of all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and 14% of potable water consumption. In their Green Outlook ...
Solar Ivy GROW featured in 'Third + Bond' condominiums in Carroll Gardens (Brooklyn), NY - seen here on NY1's news story
Source: ny1.com
Pratt Community Creates Sustainable Art For Apartment Complex | NY1 News is Time Warner Cable's 24-hour newschannel in New York City, delivering breaking news and features about the five boroughs.
Solar Ivy Chief Design Officer and Pratt alum, Samuel Cochran, featured in video for Pratt Legends Event, Thurs. October 29th, 2009, 6pm - 9:30pm
Source: www.pratt.edu
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Chief Design Officer, Samuel Cochran met NY Governor David Paterson, who visited our studio at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. (featured on NY1)
Sam is on the far right in the video (from 18 - 27 seconds), in glasses and a dk grey suit with a blue shirt, and see if you can spot our 'Solar Ivy' prototypes in the bkgd!
Also, see ...the Head of Sustainability at Pratt, Debera Johnson, with the ponytail and gray scarf, and our friends from the Pratt Design Incubator, Kevin McElroy and Diane Ruengsorn!Read More
Sam is on the far right in the video (from 18 - 27 seconds), in glasses and a dk grey suit with a blue shirt, and see if you can spot our 'Solar Ivy' prototypes in the bkgd!
Also, see ...the Head of Sustainability at Pratt, Debera Johnson, with the ponytail and gray scarf, and our friends from the Pratt Design Incubator, Kevin McElroy and Diane Ruengsorn!Read More
Source: ny1.com
Navy Yard, Brooklyn Brewery Awarded “Green” Grants | NY1 News is Time Warner Cable's 24-hour newschannel in New York City, delivering breaking news and features about the five boroughs.
Solar Ivy Yay! Thank you fan number 900...now let's work on 1000!
Solar Ivy Just reached 899 Fans!! Become our 900th fan today!
Solar Ivy Solar Ivy/GROW featured in Dr. Dayna Baumeister's presentation on 'Biomimicry' at the 2009 Build Green Conference in Philadelphia today!
Source: www.buildgreenconf.org
In a world that needs one brilliant idea after another, it’s good to be surrounded by genius. Biomimicry – the process of finding sustainable ideas by emulating nature – is finding ...
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Join us tonight in celebrating Emily Pilloton's 'Design Revolution' book party at the Cooper Hewitt!
Oct 6th, 2009 - 6:30pm at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum!
Source: projecthdesign.org
Solar Ivy featured on ddmagazine, a French online magazine: September 29th, 2009.
Source: www.ddmagazine.com
Développement durable, Des cellules solaires photovoltaïques à base de polymère organique permettent de créer des façades productrice d'électricité avec une grande liberté esthétique
Solar Ivy Teresita Cochran and Samuel Cochran will be guest presenters on “Inventing Our Way Out of the Climate Change Problem? Innovative Youth Tackle the Issue”, a Smithsonian Online Conference today.
“Inventing Our Way Out of the Climate Change Problem? Innovative Youth Tackle the Issue” - Smithsoni
Source: www.smithsonianconference.org
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is featured on the cover of Emily Pilloton's new book "Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People" (foreward by Allan Chochinov)
See write-up on Inhabitat's blog below.
Source: www.inhabitat.com
A Green Design Blog, Sustainable Design Blog, Future-forward design for the world you inhabit - your daily source for innovations in sustainable architecture and green design for the home.
Solar Ivy will be at the Urban Green Expo at the “Green Garage Inventors Showcase” in NYC Sept 22nd-23rd (tomorrow and Wed!)...come by and say Hello!
Source: www.urbangreenexpo.com
Urban Green Council, U.S. Green Building Council of New York is proud to announce the first annual green building conference and trade expo.
Solar Ivy featured in The New York Times: T Magazine's 'The Moment' blog on Aug 31, 2009
Source: themoment.blogs.nytimes.com
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featured on NCIIA's website.
We were given a grant from NCIIA in 2006 to build our first working prototype of Solar Ivy/GROW, and an additional grant to help build our 'GROW' prototype which was featured in an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in 2008.
Source: nciia.org
The GROW Solar Ivy phenomenon continues! Fox's 'Start-Up Summer' show features GROW inventors and founders Teresita and Samuel Cochran.
