Homes in Ireland are to be made carbon neutral if new regulations go ahead.Irish environment minister John Gormley unveiled plans to change building regulations to bring energy efficiency in new buildings to 60 per cent, compared to the current 40 per cent by 2010, with a view to increasing this...

A new form of energy generation has been proposed that uses everyday windows.Researchers at the Massachussetts University of Technology have claimed that they have discovered a means of harnessing solar power by using normal windows.According to the Green Building Press, a paper published in Science journal has presented the academics'...