Tag Archives: LED

Public Art – Green, Functional and Beautiful

On October 8th Rebecca Ansert, Founder of Green Public Art Consultancy, was invited to speak at the City of Austin’s Art in Public Places (AIPP) Symposium , OFF THE GRID: Recharging Public Art + Design. AIPP staff, Carrie Brown and … Continue reading

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OFF THE GRID: Recharging Public Art + Design

OFF THE GRID: Recharging Public Art + Design, a full-day symposium hosted by the City of Austin’s Art in Public Places Program, will feature an intimate look at existing and future public art and design in the Seaholm District, a … Continue reading

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Public Art + Green Technology: Perspective from an Urban Sustainability Graduate Student

Green Public Art’s Intern, Jessica Kimmel is our guest blogger for this post. Below are her thoughts on art and green technology. As an intern for Green Public Art, I have been in the process of researching new materials for … Continue reading

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H20: The Art of Conservation

H20: The Art of Conservation May 6 – November 12, 2011 at The Water Conservation Garden 12122 Cuyamaca College Drive West, El Cajon, CA 92019 OPENING RECEPTION: May 7, 2011 – 10:00AM – 12:00PM – Free and open to the … Continue reading

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CINCO: Sustainable Urban Furniture, Perfect for the Urbanite On-the-go

CINCO was designed with the urban pedestrian in mind. This concept, a Special Award winner at the Seoul Design Olympiad in 2009, operates completely independent from the grid and functions as a comfortable, transitional meeting point for pedestrians (perfect for … Continue reading

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Public Art Reveals Output from Heating Plant

As a showpiece for the City of Vancouver’s greenhouse gas emission reduction program, the gold LEED certified False Creek Energy Centre (FCEC), designed by architects Walter Francl Architecture, Inc., has been intentionally crafted to make the invisible visible. The FCED … Continue reading

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Solar Trees in Cambodia light Public Spaces

Angkor Wat, Cambodia recently received new solar powered street lights in their public spaces. The “solar trees” are a low-energy design that will increase night-time safety while also encouraging businesses to stay open later. Nothing Design Group conceived of the … Continue reading

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Materials: Solar Cynergy Pavers

17Seventeen is a stunning new sustainable building in the heart of Dallas that is “paving” the way for energy-efficient lighting through the use of Solar Cynergy’s self-contained, solar powered LED stepping stones. These brilliant solar pavers capture all of their … Continue reading

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Artistic Media Façade, Sun Shield and an Energy Collector

Using building façades as canvases for advertising or public art space is not new, but today, LED lighting can be embedded into glass curtain walls, transforming them into interactive, programmable spectacles. SolPix or GreenPix, a zero energy media wall, was … Continue reading

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Six-Fourty by Four-Eighty: LED light and touch screen

Six-Forty by Four-Eighty from Zigelbaum + Coelho on Vimeo. The result of ‘Six-Forty by Four-Eighty’ is not 30.72, it is a mesmerizing combination of computation and design. For the last edition of Design Miami/Basel, American Jamie Zigelbaum and Brazilian Marcelo … Continue reading

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