renewable energy, Tag

More than 70% would make homes more energy efficient given government support

Daniel Andrews says owner-occupiers will have access to more than $4,000 each to install panels

UK industrialist’s plan features 780,000 solar panels, generating enough electricity for 96,000 homes

If you were lucky enough to have a treehouse as a child, you understand the thrill of having the wonders of nature at your fingertips instead of admiring them from afar...

San Francisco-based architecture firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson recently completed the Los Altos Residence, a modernist family home for a couple who strives to be environmentally conscious...

Portland residents in search of an energy-efficient home need look no further than Lightbox 23, the new net-zero project from Lightbox Portland and Steelhead Architecture...

The project will include 4.88 MW of solar panels. Its battery system will store energy and discharge up to 2.6 MW during peak hours

Survey comes as Victoria and Queensland urged to block national energy guarantee and business groups call for deal to be approved

Egypt has long relied on environmentally taxing fossil fuels. Over 90% of electricity is generated from oil and natural gas, and the country subsidizes fossil fuels, making them a cheap option for its 96 million citizens....

Churches estimated to have diverted £5m from fossil fuels to clean energy providers

The Forest Green Rovers, a Gloucestershire-based team in the English Football League that prides itself as "the world's greenest football club," has been recognized by the United Nations carbon-neutral - a world first...

Nearly everyone has strolled through a darling neighborhood and suddenly come across an orphan house. Sitting silently, often in the shadows of the prettier houses, there’s a neglected home that once had dignity. A family...

Britain won’t be unscathed by global warming. You can’t run from climate change and you can’t hide

Americans often take education for granted. Whether their children attend public or private schools, the opportunity to learn is always there, from kindergarten through high school and often beyond. Meanwhile, many children...

Liberal energy minister, who inherited policy criticised as a mix of ‘ideology and idiocy’, says he’ll ensure it does not come at too high a price

This solar panel calculator will, given the Watt rating of a solar panel, its dimensions and number of units calculate the total power you can expect and roof space taken up...

Interactive calculator to help work out the savings from installing a solar power system and when it breaks even. Can factor in Feed in Tariffs, rising electrical bill costs and comparative investment returns.