Transparent Solar Panels Will Turn Windows Into Green Energy Collectors
Researchers from Michigan State University developed completely transparent solar panels, which can have numerous applications in architecture, and other fields like mobile electronics or the automotive industry. Researchers have tried to create such a device before as well, but the final results were never satisfying. The team focused on the see-through factor, so they developed a transparent luminescent solar concentrator, or TLSC,...
Washington Park Hilltop Residence by Stuart Silk Architects
Stuart Silk Architects created this Seattle, Washington, USA residence in 2012. It is a sustainable home that features a system of small ‘canals’ inspired by those found in Venice, Italy and Suzhou, China. Washington Park Hilltop Residence by Stuart Silk Architects: “Water is a theme, metaphor, and constant physical presence in this house set on a bluff overlooking Lake Washington. Views of the vast lake, Mt. Rainier and North...