Spring may not seem like the time of year to care about energy efficiency, but it is actually the perfect time of year to improve the safety and energy efficiency of your home. By adding a few easy tasks to your annual spring-cleaning list, you can make significant improvements to the overall energy efficiency of … Continue reading Energy Efficiency—For the Spring Continue Reading »
Category: Solar Power
Transparent Windows Open the Possibility of Every Window Being a Solar Panel
Researchers at Michigan State University have created a fully transparent solar concentrator, which could turn any window or sheet of glass into a photovoltaic solar cell. According to Richard Lunt, who led the research, the team is confident that the transparent solar panels can be efficiently deployed in a wide range of settings, from “tall … Continue reading Transparent Windows Open the Possibility of Every Window Being a Solar Panel Continue Reading »
Solar-Powered Plane: Its Here and Making History
Just over a century after the Wright brothers piloted the first airplane, which was fueled by gas, history is being made again with a plane powered completely by the sun. The Solar Impuse 2 took off from Abu Dhabi today in a potentially record breaking flight around the world. It is aimed to be the … Continue reading Solar-Powered Plane: Its Here and Making History Continue Reading »
Energy Efficiency Today, Energy Efficiency Tomorrow
Solar carports feed energy into an adjacent building. Energy Efficiency, also sometimes called the “fifth fuel,” is the cheapest and cleanest energy choice. Growth and improvements in this industry started in the 1970s and in the last few years, a lot of money has been invested in doing even better. After 11 of the International … Continue reading Energy Efficiency Today, Energy Efficiency Tomorrow Continue Reading »
Going Green Does Not Mean Losing Out On Comfort
The roof is covered in photovoltaic panels to produce electricity and thermal solar cells to heat a water boiler. The outdoor pool is heated using excess heat drawn from inside the house while the sauna (left) uses firewood. Going off grid does not mean that you have to live in a small, log cabin … Continue reading Going Green Does Not Mean Losing Out On Comfort Continue Reading »