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Bjarke Ingels Group has revealed images for the firm’s first-ever tiny house—the A45—designed for the prefab-housing startup Klein. Inspired by the traditional A-frame cabin, the A45 takes on an angular form conducive...

The Catskills area will soon welcome the Eastwind Hotel, a 1920s bunk house that has been converted into a gorgeous boutique hotel and accompanying tiny cabins...

This self-sufficient home topped with a soaring cocoon-like structure envisions new heights of off-grid living. The Cocoon Smart Home, designed by Richard's Architecture + Design (RA+D), will be the first Minergie-ECO certified...

Near the southern tip of Florida, a breezy and 100% self-sufficient island home has hit the market for a cool million. Located along the Intracoastal Waterway just east of Keewaydin Island, the 5.3-acre property on Little...

Istanbul-based studio SO? Architecture & Ideas has completed a tiny off-grid cabin perfect for reconnecting with the outdoors. Located in a village on the Turkish-Greek border, the Cabin on the Border is a prefabricated...

Designed by Brian and Joni Buzarde, the Land Ark RV is a tiny home on wheels that's geared toward adventurers who prefer to travel in style. Not only does the RV's design include a contemporary and sophisticated all-black...

Taking your adventure off-road—and even off-grid—is now easier than ever thanks to the all-terrain Topo trailer. Escapod recently launched the off-road-specific teardrop trailer, which clocks in at 1,200 pounds dry weight...

Taking your adventure off-road—and even off-grid—is now easier than ever thanks to the all-terrain Topo trailer. Escapod recently launched the off-road-specific teardrop trailer, which clocks in at 1,200 pounds dry weight...

Rural Pakistanis are increasingly turning to renewable energy to circumvent the country’s notoriously unreliable power supply. Deficient generation and distribution shave an estimated 2 percentage points off Pakistan’s...

In what could be the beginning of the new way forward to utilities, on Tuesday, Hawaiian Gov. David Ige signed the Ratepayer Protection Act, a new law that directs utilities in Hawaii to change their business models and fully...

In this episode, representatives of Blue Planet Energy discuss their work in Puerto Rico helping communities deliver on the value of energy storage and solar power through training and education.

Although Outside Van's motto may be "Life is simple in a Van," their latest model is anything but. The Powerstation is a powerhouse of off-grid living - a tiny home on wheels that can go practically anywhere. The souped-up...

2.6 billion people around the planet don't have access to safe toilets. Not only does this impact health, but empowerment as well: women and girls "face high rates of violence when they don't have access to safe and dignified...

Deployment of energy storage, especially batteries, will increase substantially in the next few years. Three underlying trends in the energy markets will drive the growth. They are favorable federal and state regulations...

Part one of this article identified changes in the energy storage market that are driving deployment and improving the economics of storage technologies...