Researchers have long chased a deceptively simple goal in building design: glass that lets in the view and daylight, but not the heat that drives up energy bills. That ambition is now much closer to ...

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Some years back, a Playboy humorist predicted that “everything will be plastic, by and by.” Although he was referring to plastic surgery and anatomical augmentation, his forecast was just as apt when ...

Drop that window dressing -- that frame could soon go bare. Researchers say they have created a new kind of “smart glass” – one that can, at the flip of a switch, block heat and still stay transparent ...

Scientists have devised a transparent coating for windows that could help cool the room, use no energy and preserve the view. Cooling accounts for about 15 percent of global energy consumption.

OVER THE past few decades, photovoltaic cells have gone from being exotic and expensive power-packs for satellites and similar high-end applications to quotidian generating equipment for grid-scale ...

Cooling accounts for about 15 percent of global energy consumption. Conventional clear windows allow the sun to heat up interior spaces, which energy-guzzling air-conditioners must then cool down. But ...