Discover how rainscreen façades redefine the building envelope by integrating solar technology as an architectural material.

Try to imagine the perfect wall system — it would be durable, super-efficient, thin and simple to install. Researchers atHTWK Leipzig, a German university of allied sciences, are currently working on ...

The University of Virginia has about 550 buildings, from the 19th-century UNESCO World Heritage Site that is the Academical Village to newly constructed, energy-efficient tech centers with solar ...

Traditional photovoltaic panels, while an excellent source of renewable solar energy, have some design flaws. One of the main drawbacks is that they require lots of ...

Scientists in India have proposed to use solar modules at the end of their lifecycle as a building material for low-cost small housing units. With solar module recycling currently not viable ...