If you have lived in a home with a trampoline in the backyard, you may have observed the unreasonably tall grass growing under it. This is because many crops, including these grasses, actually grow ...

Solar shading is the dirty phrase of the solar industry. There are plenty of people who have been sold a solar system only to find that its output is far less than what was promised. In extreme cases, ...

One neighbor loves his solar panels, which have cut his energy bill and are helping to combat global warming. The other neighbor adores his trees, which boost his property value and capture greenhouse ...

Summer is coming folks, and what better way to spend a hot day than to lavish in the shade sipping your beverage of choice plugged into this sweet solar canopy? Soon the folks atSMIT will offer a ...

Solar power is becoming more and more popular. The technology is reasonably simple and requires little knowledge to install, and therefore it has become a very ...

VICENZA, Italy, June 3, 2011 -- The silence of nonpolluting solar energy at work may someday replace the hum of muffled generators in remote field locations. Maj. Tim Franklin from the U.S. Army ...

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - More than a year ago, a team of Kansas National Guard Soldiers set up a solar shade system here that produces two kilowatts of power. With relatively no maintenance, the ...

Greenhouses are, appropriately enough, a significant contributor to the proportion of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Whether used to grow greens out of their natural season or region, or used in ...

Solar Shade by Australian designers Buro North educates primary school children about collecting energy from the sun while providing shade in playgrounds. The canopies have solar cells on top and ...

WASHINGTON — As schools and parks across the United States rip up playgrounds, a D.C. councilmember said he wants to save a childhood fixture that has become dangerously hot using solar panels. The ...