Ask around to homeowners who have looked into capturing solar energy on their roof, and they will likely tell you there are several problems with the standard solar panel. The cost to install can be ...

Building-integrated photovoltaics won't make your inner architecture critic wince, but you may have to make a trade-off on efficiency. In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts ...

After spending a good amount of time talking about Tesla Energy during its earnings call earlier this week, the company announced its new Solar Roof tiles. According to CEO Elon Musk, if you need a ...

Goa, India’s smallest state, may soon replace its traditional Mangalorean, clay roof tiles with solar tiles. State power minister Nilesh Cabral told reporters yesterday the authority is looking into ...

They were placed on top of clay bricks supplied by roof tile company Creaton. Werner Kiwitt, Managing Director of Artefact GmbH, had been looking for suitable solar roof tiles for the building's ...

Solar PV has come a long way in a short space of time. Not so many years ago, if you wanted to turn your home into a mini solar power station, it meant bolting ugly panels to the roof. Now, however, ...

While scientists work to increase the efficiency of photovoltaics, designers are striving to make them sleeker, more adaptive, and easier to install. Case in point: SRS Energy’s Solé Power Tile, a ...

Ever the showman, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to the stage at Universal Studios in LA this evening promising to make solar sexy. To that end, he unveiled a range of textured glass tiles with integrated ...

SunStyle is a pioneering company that has manufactured renewable energy solutions for over a decade. The SunStyle photovoltaic roof tiles were used to rehabilitate this eco-responsible property in ...

MURANG'A, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mid-morning at Gaitheri Secondary School in central Kenya's Murang'a County, and students are busy with their daily routine, as at any other school. But ...

One of the most ubiquitous architectural elements around the world is the clay roof tile. Clay tiles have a history dating back to the Neolithic Age. They were first used as roofing in China and then ...

Guests, mostly Tesla owners, were in for a treat as Musk revealed a row of suburban American houses on Wisteria Lane Tesla CEO Elon Musk has promised to make solar sexy, as he took the stage at the ...