Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Dutch Legos fan Marcel Steeman, a regional councilor in the ...

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Today, we are featuring one of, if not the most insane, Tesla house projects. It features virtually all of Tesla’s home energy products. Lately, Tesla has been increasingly relying on third-party ...

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How difficult is it to design a house fully powered by the sun? That’s what the U.S. Department of Energy is trying to find out. To do this, they have staged, once again, the Solar decathlon, a ...

Alexis Issaharoff has created the ‘Sustainable Solar House’ project, which generates and produces its own food, water and energy. If the project gets enough votes, LEGO will consider creating it as a ...

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Buildings that are called “green” or “environmentally sustainable” are designed to use energy as efficiently as possible. The designers’ goals are to improve the quality of human life and to minimize ...

The creators of a new “self-sustaining house on wheels” are hoping their strange-looking project will help spark interest in solar vehicles. The vehicle, called the Stella Vita, was made by Eindhoven ...

*I've seen my share of solar housing efforts, but I've rarely seen one as weirdly beautiful as this one. Since the canopy's generated by the math of the sun's movements, there's something unhuman and ...

Some solar panel companies have their own installers, others contract out to other companies to do the work. What matters is that you know what you're getting into. A lot of businesses in a variety of ...