Since ancient times, people have found ways to use the sun’s heat to stay warm or keep cool. They built homes from clay and other materials that hold heat well, and they placed them in ways that ...

Even diehard Instagrammers admit it: Sometimes the best design is in what you don’t see. Such is the case with passive solar design, an approach to building that—in a nutshell—uses a house’s site, ...

Passive solar architecture is a design strategy that optimizes a building’s energy efficiency and long-term sustainability. By relying on a building site’s solar orientation and climate, sustainable ...

Trombe wall systems are an established passive solar design technology that utilises a massive wall with an external glazed façade to capture, store and gradually release solar energy. By absorbing ...

Holographic optical elements (HOEs) are diffractive devices engineered through the recording of interference patterns in specialised photopolymer materials. Their ability to selectively modulate ...