For many people contemplating a new “green” home, a looming fear is that they may not find contentment in a house that is conspicuously very white and very contemporary. Where will Aunt Mabel’s ...

This is undeniably cool, but just to be clear: I’m not going up in Tomás Saraceno’s solar-powered air balloon made of garbage bag material. Yours either, if you build one. And you can build one, ...

On the hot, sweeping deserts of Rhajastan, India has built the world’s largest solar farm – and they aren’t even done yet. The 2.5 GW solar farm, known as the Bhadla Solar Park, is just one small part ...

Both hydropower and conventional thermal combustion electricity is depleted in a hotter new climate. A new paper published at Nature Climate Change, Power-generation system vulnerability and ...

Many people falsely assume that going green and using earth-friendly products means that you have to give up the things you love like quality hair care products. Thankfully, that is not true. There ...

China issued an update on its solar progress this week and made every other solar-seeking country around the world feel kind of pathetic. The National Energy Board said 5.04 GW was installed in the ...

In Fort Madison, Iowa, happy days are here again. For a while, at least. The largest onshore wind turbine order in the world: That’s what Siemens is calling the deal to build the 53-meter-long blades ...

If you drive an electric vehicle in Illinois, you’re going to get a little shock when it comes time for your annual vehicle registration. Last weekend, the Illinois National Assembly approved raising ...

Method Homes is a Seattle manufacturer of modular prefab homes that emphasize sustainability and variety. They currently offer eight different design series from several different architectural firms, ...

Lower income Americans pay more for energy as a percentage of their total income than more affluent residents, but they’re generally in a bad position to implement renewable, long-term cost-saving ...

Researchers at the University of California – Los Angeles have created a device that harnesses the static electricity inherent within snow. But while it’s certainly an exciting prospect for ...

Staying active can be challenging when you have a computer-based job. So what is the solution? A standing desk. After all sitting is the new smoking. Standing desks give you the ability to move more ...