Modern passive solar design relies on a combination of timeless principles, high-tech building materials, and computer modeling aids to expand the possibilities of sustainable architecture ...

Even diehard Instagrammers admit it: Sometimes the best design is in what you don’t see. Such is the case with passive solar design, an approach to building that—in a nutshell—uses a house’s site, ...

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A new composite material with passive cooling has been found to raise both the power and longevity of solar cells.

Early in his career, Douglas lived and worked in Germany, where many elements of Passive House construction—exterior insulation, airtightness, high-performing windows—were already standard in ...

Jun. 12—Building a passive solar adobe home wasn't the norm in 1982. But studio artist and Zen practitioner Susan Linnell, driven by a desire for efficiency and an interest in architecture, knew ...