What if your window blinds could power your home in addition to shading its rooms? That’s the idea behind SolarGaps’ new solar blinds. These smart blinds designed to track the sun can be controlled ...

Regular window blinds already help people to save electricity – by keeping incoming sunlight from heating a room up, they reduce the need to run an air conditioner. SolarGaps, however, take things a ...

Transparent new solar technology offers novel ways to use electricity around your home and could automate new and existing window functions. But your windows are still just glass panes in a frame.

If you’re about to replace your roof, Tesla has you covered, but roofs have a long life span, and besides, not all of us have the luxury/misery of having a roof to replace in the first place. Most of ...

Cleaning your blinds properly all depends on the materials and finishes: Some can be washed with warm, soapy water, while others need to be lightly dusted.

29-year-old electrical maintenance technician Lisa von Benecke hopes to launch her solar-powered blinds in South Africa this year. Von Benecke recently told Rapport she got the idea for the blinds ...

What do you get when you cross a solar panel, a window and a set of venetian blinds? Pythagoras Solar's idea for a window that simultaneously generates power and cuts air-conditioning needs. Last week ...

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 ...

It’s official: Canada is in for a harsh winter, with a polar vortex predicted for much of the country. Winter has already come early to Ottawa, with snowstorms walloping the city and record cold ...

As the weather shines its warmth and light into our homes, we not only welcome spring but anticipate the summer to come. Meteorologists have predicted that Ottawa will experience the “hottest summer ...