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 ...

Opening the blinds has never been so helpful. On display here at CES in Las Vegas, SolarGaps turns the actual slats of your window coverings into solar panels. SolarGaps blinds will be smart enough to ...

It’s one of those ideas which suddenly makes sense as soon as you think about it – window blinds which are also solar panels. An inventor claims that his SolarGap ‘smart blinds’ can cut up to 70% off ...

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 ...

Technology has changed a lot about your home. Your thermostat could be a smart thermostat, your doors might be unlocked by a phone and your refrigerator may have a touchscreen on it. But your windows ...

A new type of window had been developed and tested that produces electricity and simultaneously controls heat and light for indoor comfort. This was done by researchers from the ZIEZO project, led by ...

Blinds are practical and stylish, letting you control the light coming in from outside and add privacy to your home. Plus, they can instantly elevate the look of a room. Blinds have come a long way ...

Find the best solar options for your home and budget. Solar windows, also known as photovoltaic windows or solar glass, are a type of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) technology. Designed to ...

In a recently built office building in Boulder, Colorado, there are solar panels on the roof. But the building also has one of the world’s first installations of solar-window technology—transparent ...