Piksols are small solar cells that when hit with sunlight, start storing the energy from the sun's rays and also carry the ability to display some pretty cool graphics. The system uses negative and p...
What if you could live totally off the grid in a modern studio in the center of a city with a river view for under $110K? Barcelona design studio Magma Design has proposed just that....
One of the more bogus things that can happen when you're out of the house is your phone dies -- more so if it's a smartphone. Not only do you no longer have a phone line at your disposal, you don't h...
Installing a solar water heating system could reduce your water heating bills by 50-80%. The anticipated payback of a solar water heating system is estimated at 3 to 7 years, and could qualify you f...
Imagine a type of warm that is uniform, invisible, silent and energy efficient. No dust, no loud furnace and gushes of air, no odd high pitched squeal or clanking from a radiator &mdash just quiet, ...
Since 2007 Natural Home has been working on converting a Brooklyn located dilapidated multi-use building into a stunning green example of building. They planned on completing the work within the yea...
Whenever I visit my home town of San Antonio, Texas, I can usually be heard lamenting all the new big box retail complexes and McMansion neighborhoods that have popped up in this ever-expanding city...
Even though solar power is already helping to create greener energy, we still have a long way to go before we can stop depending on fossil fuels. This solar-powered lamp uses a very simple idea, whi...
We just heard about a new program that enables apartment dwellers to reap the benefits from solar panels. Here's how it works: customers sponsor solar panels located in a sunny location attached to...
We cannot count the number of times we've been out without a phone charger and our phone dies &mdash or trying to get ahold of someone, but their phone is dead. Scosche came to their senses and rea...
Do you ever daydream about direct afternoon sunlight pouring through your living room windows, but your home faces the wrong direction for such a fantasy to ever come true? If only you were lucky en...
There are some essentials that every house must have (if you want mail or pizza delivered that is). House numbers are at the top of the list, but the cool ones always seem to cost a pretty penny unl...
Amongst all the grief, despair and disaster in Haiti there is a bright spot: abundant and free sunshine. In addition to the generous monetary support that's been donated to the nation, many solar po...
Now, you may have had all the Apple rumors you can take of late, but here's one we seriously hope is coming down the pike. According to a story on an environmental news site, Apple is acquiring patent...
Q: How can apartment renters economically harness the power of solar energy? Sent by April...
Photovoltaics have come a long way the last few years, but what we'd really like to see more of are photovoltaics integrated into building designs, objects and materials rather than just slapped on ...
According to Heather Ferrier, owner of what Natural Home dubs the greenest house in Texas, "When people visit, the first thing they say is that this place feels happy." We can see why—the home i...
The family that built this home in the beachside community of Narragansett, Rhode Island has proven that a home of the future can still find plenty of inspiration in New England's past. ...
Whether you know someone who needs a little help getting on the green bandwagon, needs to turn their black thumb green or you're looking for a great stocking stuffer, there's a little bit on this li...
Sure, we might outwardly roll our eyes at the neighbors up the street who create a huge holiday fantasy land in their front yard, but secretly, we're big fans of holiday cheer displayed outside. We wo...
A family in Orleans, Massachusetts hired Boston-based architects ZeroEnergy Design to design a new energy-efficient house to replace their existing lake home. The new 2,300 square foot space include...
The Flexio is aptly named, as this design concept by Wu Kun-chia, Wang Shih-ju, Chen Ming-daw and Liou Chang-ho offers a flexible form factor that is all powered by a solar cell. "What do you need t...
We're looking for good quality speakers to incorporate into our home; one of us doesn't care about aesthetics &mdash only quality of sound. The other one cares much more about aesthetics than sound...
Remember how awesome HyperColor clothing was? Just imagine the same concept, but this time it’s covering buildings instead of bodies. By now we all know how important light colored roofs are for k...
Team Germany’s surPLUShome won this year’s Solar Decathlon, making it their second victory in a row. With a façade covered almost entirely in solar panels, the house created twice the amount of...
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