Low Tech Potential Energy Storage
Since both solar and wind generated electricity are variable and uncertain in timing and amount, some will be wasted unless some means of storing the…
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When Architecture Meets the Sun: the Revolution of Integrated Photovoltaics
Sustainable Building Effort Reaches New Heights with Wooden Skyscrapers
Calls for Caution as Enhanced Rock Weathering Shows Carbon Capture Promise
Chicago Switches Its 400+ City Buildings to 100% Clean Power
Eight years ago, the City of Chicago vowed to eventually run all its operations on carbon-free power. Now, it has fulfilled that promise, thanks to…
Cities Are Depaving for a Cooler Future
Asphalt contributes to the urban heat island effect and makes places more prone to flooding. Planners are rethinking its place in cities. It all started…
New forms of steel for stronger, lighter cars
Like many useful innovations, it seems, the creation of high-quality steel by Indian metallurgists more than two thousand years ago may have been a happy…
Can a ‘Net-Zero’ World Lead to True Sustainability?
Throughout history, human societies have relied on technological progress to solve their challenges. In technology’s early days, this worked well. It is hard to dispute,…