There’s nothing like soaking up some free solar energy, but the biggest barrier to entry has been the expensive devices you’ll need, such as solar panels and water heaters. Now you can make your own ...

Solar space heating is tricky. Air is harder to keep warm than water, and while most of us need a shower on a hot day—we tend to want space heating when the sun is ...

Alex Davies is a technology journalist and the author of "Driven," an upcoming book about the self-driving car industry. Well it's that time of the year again here in Southern California time to fill ...

While some of the highest technology in the world is being brought to bear on the problem of saving energy, here’s a guy who painted 50 soda cans black, drilled holes in them, stacked them up inside a ...

Stacy is a journalist and content creator with six years of experience writing about home improvement topics. Besides Forbes Home she has contributed her work and expertise to publications such as ...

Heating water is one of the most energy-consuming and costly household tasks. According to the Department of Energy, it makes up roughly 18% of a standard home's monthly energy budget. And if you use ...

We recently featured one way to heat your house with the sun, but DIYer Daniel Strohl has spent three years perfecting his homemade solar garage heater, made out of a wooden box, some vacuum parts, ...

A Fredericton man who built a solar furnace for $300 and decreased his heating bills says he’s overwhelmed with the response to his design and is considering turning the homemade device into a ...

I'm toying with a silly project to somehow collect solar energy during the winter and use the heat to pre-heat my compost pile enough to allow the compost reactions to continue working during the ...

A water heater is one of those home appliances that you don't think about until it stops working. However, a water heater can be a major energy eater, whether you're buying one for a new home or ...