Always Following the Sun
Always Following the Sun
From the passive House of Tomorrow by US architect George F. Keck to the Schallstadt climate houses with built-in cooling and from utopia to energy-plus buildings: a journey through 90 years of solar architecture.Read more
To rent or to buy?
To rent or to buy?
From era-defining change to the energy crisis, not to mention climate change, reading the news lately tends to give my morning coffee a bitter aftertaste. The arrival of the latest electricity bill doesn’t exactly give much cause for optimism, either. As I gaze out of the window and catch sight of the red morning sun, a light comes on in my mind: what about solar power? It’s now or never. Read more
All roads lead to the energy transition
All roads lead to the energy transition
Just how much power-generating potential is lying dormant in and around our traffic infrastructure? Can PV modules withstand the weight of sustained truck traffic? What’s feasible and what’s not?Read more
A Small-Scale Approach to the Big Picture
A Small-Scale Approach to the Big Picture
A distributed energy supply offers cheap, green and sustainable electricity from the local region.Read more
Making bucks without carbon
Making bucks without carbon
Expensive, inefficient and unreliable – these are the prejudices that renewable energies face. Now one organization shows that this has fundamentally changed.Read more
The currency of the energy revolution
The currency of the energy revolution
The first digital currency created by solar energy. The idea of the SolarCoin is morally superior to the Bitcoin.This is a concept worthy of a Nobel Prize.Read more