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Rulergy visualises hotel guests’ consumption

Pretty cool to visualise energy and water consumption plus CO2 emissions at all time in order to reduce them! Rulergy for Hotels… has anyone tried it?

presso eco coffee machine

Presso man-powered eco coffee machine

What if you got to use your own energy to make your espresso at the hotel? Would you be up for a little ritual? Presso is a non-electrical coffee maker that is also fully repairable, love it!

Infographic: Do not disturb campaign

Very cool infographic! “In the US, hotels create 1.9 billion lbs of waste each year, enough to fill 37 million suitcases” To see all the facts, visit the Do not disturb campaign!  

Sand timer for hotel showers

Would you be smiling or annoyed if you found this in your hotel shower? by Hu2 design  

If you are racist, don’t come in!

Can I put this on the hotel’s entrance door?! Via The Real Art of Street Art  

Micro-Algae Lamp Absorbs 150-200 Times More CO2 than a Tree

Wow! Can we have one of these lamps? Barcelona does emit a lot of CO2 and is lacking some trees… is this a solution? This Micro-Algae Lamp Absorbs 150-200 Times More CO2 than a Tree!  

Green walls for Barcelona

We need more green walls! Nice to see vertical gardens popping up in Barcelona, like the ones at Jean Nouvel’s Fábrica de Moritz, Skunkfunk and Replay’s store!  

Stop water while using shampoo

Listen to the shampoo and save water in the shower. A nice awareness raising soap, perfect for hotels. Stop the water while using me.  

Victor Papanek’s flowchart

I love this fantastic flow-chart of what people really need by Victor Papenek (one of my gurus!) from his book Design for the Real World  

interview petz scholtus

Interview with eco-designer Petz Scholtus

Here’s Petz’s view on eco-design and its role in Spain at the moment, as told to Monográfica magazine in 2011. Entrevista a Petz Scholtus from Monográfica.org on Vimeo.

Veg flower pot, made in Spain

Nice pot by Joan Rojeski that grows with your veggies, and it’s locally produced in Spain.  

Download the Barcelona Green Map

Visit the Barcelona Open Green Map, or download the guerilla green map here!  

Expensive w+w toilet recycles water

Roca’s w+w sink and toilet in one saves water (but not space and materials!)… has anyone seen a more elegant and economic version of this?! 3000€ is a bit too pricey.  

Washlets, super clean and eco toilets!

Washlets… “clean is happy, green is happy”?! More about the japanese toilets on Wikipedia  

Outòcton by LaVinyeta, cool local eggs

Aren’t these the coolest eggs?! Outòcton by LaVinyeta from the Empordà region. La Vinyeta is a wine cellar who care about their land and produce a whole eco-system of organic produce from wines to eggs.