SolTech Energy Glass Roof Tiles trap air, heat it using the sun and distribute it throughout your home Thanks to the Swedish company SolTech Energy, heating your home with clean solar power is as easy as installing glass roof tiles.
U.S. Mandates LEED Gold Certification for New Federal Buildings
LEED Gold mandate for federal buildings helps deliver on push for sustainability The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), who is in charge of managing all government owned and leased buildings, has upgraded the requirement for all new federal building construction
Transparent Solar Material Could Lead to Solar Windows
New cost-effective transparent solar developed by researchers www.buildaroo.com Windows may soon be joining roofs as a popular site for solar panel installation, thanks to the development of a new type of transparent solar panels. U.S. Department of Energy researchers at
Your Weekly Green Tip
Your Weekly Green Tip Shopping at our farmers' market not contributes to our health, but to the health of our planet. According to Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, each food item in a typical U.S. meal has traveled an average of
Dentists trade candy for cash
As children were bringing home pillowcases filled with enough candy to feed small armies Sunday, local dentists were kicking off an initiative designed to save the trick-or-treaters' teeth and help the troops in the process. This is a new trend