If there's one bright side to this recession, it's that the economic downturn has made solar panels more affordable for homeowners (especially in California)....
We're usually pretty skeptical of large, bling-y "green" houses. How green are they really? And isn't it greener to live in a small, simple, efficient house? We don't know, but Tom Schey's gorgeous Ve...
As much as we'd love to one day live in a home with solar panels, the process seems daunting — complicated and expensive. Luckily, there's a Berkeley startup that's trying to change that... ...
Last week we posted about a DIY gray water system in Los Angeles. This week, the SF Chronicle is looking at the same idea, plus new ways to go green DIY-style....
Awhile back, we declared leaf blowers the most environmentally annoying things on the planet. Maybe we were over exaggerating a little. But what about homeowners associations? Now we have two big re...
When Mike Davis, an astronomer, moved to a remote part of Arizona he realized his astronomical sights were so rad in his new location because he had no light pollution. As a result, he also had no el...
As much as we would love to outfit our roof with solar panels, it's just too much of an upfront investment. With retailers like Ikea getting into the solar panel game though, we would expect the price...
We're thrilled to see this article in the Post on solar home products going mainstream, especially because our upcoming house tour this week is on a completely energy-sufficient home! The Post story...
Well, not yet. But in the next few years Ikea could be adding new products with names like SOLLARVIK PÅNNEL, and WÅTERD METÖRD. According to a recent report, our favorite seller of stuff is now loo...
Wouldn't it be nice if, at the end of the month, PG&E owed you $703.46? They wouldn't exactly cut you a check, but wouldn't the knowledge be gratifying? That's the kind of energy bill Steve Greenbe...
We have seen solar panels that look like leaves, integrated into roof tiles and even disguised as window shutters, but this is the first paint on solution we have come across....
BIPV stands for Building-Integrated Photovoltaics, which are products like Sunslates, pictured left: it's a shingle! it's a PV panel! it's both a shingle AND a PV panel! It sure looks nifty. But i...
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