A custom-built house in Mount Adams with a rooftop deck overlooking the city and a water garden recently hit the market for $2.89 million.

Most solar panels are rigid, flat, and not very attractive. They need to be installed on flat surfaces, limiting their use. But what if solar panels were flexible, lightweight, and could wrap around ...

After a cyber attack or natural disaster, a backup network of decentralized devices -- like residential solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles, heat pumps, and water heaters -- could restore ...

Russ Lanoie holds a new sign near the barn at his Tasker Hill home, which has solar panels on the roof, on Feb. 18. (RACHEL ...

There is more to photovoltaic panels than the materials that comprise them: The design itself can also drive—or potentially ...

Most building owners haven’t put solar panels on their roofs, but new rules make it smart to lease space to firms like Solar ...

The Chinese manufacturer said its new flexible modules have an efficiency of up to 20.1% and a weight of only 7.5 kg, or 2.92 kg/m2. The new products have purportedly a light transmittance of over 91% ...

An Austin-based company has replaced battery’s ballast blocks with Yotta Block to simplify installation by eliminating the ...

There are many different types of outdoor step lights that can be installed along deck or patio stairs. Learn why they are ...

The updated solar roof product from GAF Energy has purportedly 23% more power than previous units and has a depth of less ...

In Marbella on Spain's Costa del Sol, the roof of Jesus Miguel Vera Lopez's home is covered in solar panels. "I put them up like everyone else," he said. "To save on electricity." And it is not only a ...