Earlier this month, Vice-President Biden announced the launch of the Home Energy Score pilot program. The Home Energy Score offers homeowners straightforward, reliable information about their homes’ energy efficiency, similar to a vehicle’s mile-per-gallon rating. A customized report provides a home energy score between 1 and 10, and shows how a home compares to others […]
The Anti-Sunscreen
If you are into solar energy, there is some good news on the horizon. According to research by a team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, embedding a small amount of selenium into a mostly zinc-oxide base, dramatically boosts the material’s efficiency in absorbing light. Currently the cost and performance of many photo-voltaic systems is prohibitive […]