It's gaudy, and some would call it downright ugly, but the lime green paint job option for the 2017 Toyota Prius keeps the vehicle cool and can even save drivers on gas. A Wired report says that ...

The Toyota Prius pictured above features a shade of green that is probably the last color you'd want adorning the Japanese manufacturer's popular hybrid, but it actually serves a special purpose. The ...

In the escalating war to squeeze every last mile from every last drop of gas, automakers are attacking on every front, going well beyond the cratered fields of aerodynamics and optimized engine ...

To combat the so-called urban heat island effect, some cities have been retrofitting public buildings into climate shelters, while others have been planting thousands of trees. One Los Angeles ...

Researchers from Australia’s Western Sydney University have created a reflective coating for solar tiles to reduce the operating temperatures of tiles by up to 11 C, while increasing their electrical ...

Researchers in Morocco have examined the effects of an anti-reflective coating on solar panel performance under desert conditions and have found that it enhanced both the annual performance ratio and ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Spray-applied, factory-cured paint coating for the aluminum extrusion and wall panel market is formulated with solar reflective pigments that keep building components cooler than bare aluminum, ...

It’s winter there now, but summers in Brisbane, Australia, are warm, with the hottest months in December through February. The country only recently came out of a decade-long drought, so it makes ...