Switch to solar with a system built for you. Solar windows, also known as photovoltaic windows or solar glass, are a type of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) technology. Designed to look like ...

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 ...

Here's the best home energy technology we saw this year, from giant batteries to stained glass solar panels to machines that harvest water from thin air. While electricity keeps all your tech running, ...

Researchers created transparent solar windows that capture sunlight at the edges, cutting PV cell needs while keeping buildings visually unchanged. The device, called a cholesteric unidirectional ...

PERRYSBURG, Ohio — A Toledo solar company is investing millions of dollars in technology that turns windows into renewable energy sources. "Of course this is Glass City, USA, so everything we sort of ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ENEOS Holdings, Inc. (“ENEOS”) and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (“NSG”) have begun Japan's first installation of transparent solar panels for use as building ...

Spanish BIPV manufacturer SolReina has won the award for Best Utility Model for its BIPV window at the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office's Best Invention Protected by Industrial Property Awards.

A research team in China combined solar power generation from kesterite thin-film generation with a nickel-cobalt bimetal oxide (NiCoO2) electrochromic window. The proposed prototype not only realizes ...

A new type of window had been developed and tested that produces electricity and simultaneously controls heat and light for indoor comfort. This has been achieved by researchers from the "ZIEZO" ...

Forward-looking: Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are cheap, transparent, and flexible. The promising technology set a new record in efficiency for turning visible light into electric energy, making ...

Semitransparent solar cells with natural looking color and strong heat blocking offer a realistic way for windows to generate electricity and cut energy use in large buildings. (Nanowerk Spotlight) ...

Total Shade Solar has announced the commercial rollout of its solar power-generating window shade system, designed to turn building glass surfaces into supplemental energy sources. The innovation ...