Solar canopies that supply electricity, create shade, and filter rainwater

Solar carports, which provide shaded parking areas while harvesting clean energy from the sun, are becoming increasingly more prevalent at schools and businesses looking to offset their energy costs. Now a pair of Indian entrepreneurs has developed an advanced integrated canopy system that not only offers shade and produces renewable electricity from the sun but goes a step farther

Light-filtering paint that cools buildings when exposed to sunlight

The sun itself could soon become a low-cost air conditioner. An Israeli company is working on a light-filtering paint that can help actively cool buildings using zero electricity. The technology is based on the counterintuitive principle of laser cooling, whereby hitting specially designed materials with a laser can cool them up to 150°C. In hot weather, electricity

New study offers key consumer insights into smart city topics

Would you like to live with smart city technology? If so, what technology would you like to see implemented in your smart city? Findings from our Smart Cities Consumer Research Study, conducted with SilverSpring Networks and the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Advanced Grid Research, uncovered some surprising results, the most

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