Huff and puff all you like, Big Bad Wolf, Mary Ellen Blakey’s straw bale house isn’t coming down any time soon. (more…)

Oil companies have used steam to push crude oil out of the ground for quite some time, but a new invention recently unveiled by solar company GlassPoint could drastically change the way that steam is generated. It may be unconventional, but if it helps protect the environment, it’s worth a closer look.

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While the methods of collecting solar energy have improved drastically over the years, some of the most effective tools have been around for decades. Case in point: the Trombe wall, made popular by French engineer Felix Trombe in the 1960s, but originally patented as early as 1881 by Edward Morse.

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