Solar shingles are less noticeable and easier to put on the roof, but they cost more and can be less efficient. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our site are advertising partners of ...

Ashlyn is one of Forbes Home's in-house writers and a former civil engineer-turned content writer with over six years experience. Until recently, Ashlyn focused on creating content for Forbes Home as ...

If you stop to think about it, it’s a marvel that we can harness energy from the sun. But we do, thanks to solar panels equipped with photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight to electricity. That’s no ...

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 ...

This solar curtain turns ultra-thin fabric into power, letting windows generate electricity and making whole buildings feel ...

It is 70 years since AT&T’s Bell Labs unveiled a new technology for turning sunlight into power. The phone company hoped it could replace the batteries that run equipment in out-of-the-way places. It ...