In a recently built office building in Boulder, Colorado, there are solar panels on the roof. But the building also has one of the world’s first installations of solar-window technology—transparent ...

The debate about the best places to put solar panels has raged on for years. Is it rooftops, parking lots, or empty fields outside the city? The overall shape of solar panels has never really changed.

Imagine you could put solar panels anywhere you'd put a pane of glass. That's the promise of solar windows, which could change the way we build. Claire Reilly was a video host, journalist and producer ...

If you live in an apartment, it’s difficult to have solar panels: Your landlord decides what goes on your roof. But a new design makes solar panels more accessible to those without a roof of their own ...

Solar windows are sheets of glass with photovoltaic properties. This allows solar windows to not only let light into buildings but to absorb the sun's energy and convert it into electricity. While ...

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 ...

A new generation of 3D-printed solar cells could let buildings generate power through colorful, semi-transparent windows ...