Want to add natural light to a drab room? Skylights and solar tubes are two options to consider. Your roof orientation, design taste, budget and energy-efficiency goals all come into play when ...

"All 22 sections (of the roof) are either at end of life or in catastrophic failure," said Brendan Leddy, Branford Public ...

Skylights are a nice way of letting daylight into your house, and if they can be opened, they’re also effective at letting out the hot, stuffy air that rises to the ceiling. Depending on their ...

An athlete, founder, and motivational speaker runs her business from her van. Sophie Storm Roberts installed solar panels, revolving chairs, and a skylight to help her work. Although it has helped her ...

There's no doubt that skylights make for psychologically-nicer buildings, while also reducing the amount of electricity required for daytime artificial lighting. If they let in too much sunlight, ...

The installation has begun construction at the Bell Works complex, former Bell Labs research facility located in New Jersey. Incidentally, Bell Labs developed the first ever photovoltaic cell in the ...

Solar-technology developers want to put the walls and windows of your workplace to work for them. While most solar panels on buildings today perch atop the roofs of homes and businesses, these ...

Israel-based start-up designs glass facades and skylights that act as insulators and generate electricity with integrated solar cells. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

Israeli start-up Pythagoras Solar has developed a nearly transparent but fully solar glass that can be used as an energy-efficient skylight, producing 13 watts of electricity per square foot, much ...