With the addition of some cheap nanoantennas, your average window can now be turned into an efficient solar heater. Just as Elon Musk’s Tesla wants to turn our otherwise dormant roofs into powerful ...

Generating energy from sunlight is essential for reducing CO2 emissions. However, it takes a lot of space to install all the solar panels needed for our energy supply on land. What if you could use ...

Technology has changed a lot about your home. Your thermostat could be a smart thermostat, your doors might be unlocked by a phone and your refrigerator may have a touchscreen on it. But your windows ...

Solar windows, also known as photovoltaic windows or solar glass, are a type of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) technology. Designed to look like windows and perform like solar panels, solar ...

Here's the best home energy technology we saw this year, from giant batteries to stained glass solar panels to machines that harvest water from thin air. While electricity keeps all your tech running, ...

In the IN 2 NEXT project, PV-coated windows from NEXT Energy Technologies were tested against traditional commercial windows, tracking performance based on their respective solar heat gain coefficient ...

Q: I bought a house with bedrooms that face the south side of the house. During the summer, the heat in those rooms is brutal. They already have ceiling fans, but I am wondering if putting up some ...

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