Historical building methodsEarly Swiss mountain huts used locally available materials by necessity. Stone from nearby quarries provided walls with thermal mass to moderate temperature swings. Timber ...

On November 21, 2025, ina carnival mood at Belem, Brazil, participants from 198 Parties – commonlyknown as member countries – closed shop at the Conference of Parties 30of the United Nations Framework ...

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Humanity has reached an extraordinary moment in history. For the first time, the full breadth of our creative, scientific and ...

Abstract: Due to lack of electricity, many communities in India employ fossil fuel-based water pumping systems for irrigation. Due to the dangerous greenhouse gases they release, fossil fuels ...

Clean, renewable drinking water made straight out of thin air almost sounds too wild to be true. But "hydropanels," created by the Arizona-based company SOURCE, can do just that. The high-tech panels ...

Across the world, solar power has emerged as one of the fastest-growing sources of clean energy. It is environmentally friendly, increasingly cost-competitive, and particularly well suited to tropical ...

As we sit waiting for 2025 to end and 2026 to begin, a lot of us are dealing with a deep chill. It's cold all over the country, including in tropical Florida, where many of us flock to each winter for ...

Abstract: The deviation settlement mechanism (DSM) scheme enforces strict regulations on microgrid operators to comply with generation commitment norms set by grid operators. These norms are essential ...

Solar panels and urban gardens are finally teaming up to transform rooftops into clean-energy food paradises. Researchers and city planners from New York City to São Paulo have discovered that when ...