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Transparent wooden smart window blocks 100% UV light without using electricity

Researchers in South Korea have developed a wood-based smart window that adjusts light, blocks harmful ultraviolet radiation, ...
Business Wire

Ubiquitous Energy Installs First Transparent Solar Window Façade

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ubiquitous Energy, the leader in transparent solar technology, has installed the world’s first truly transparent solar window façade at its company headquarters ...
AOL

New transparent window material could cut building energy loss by 50%

In most buildings, windows remain the most vulnerable part of the structure when it comes to energy loss. Worldwide, buildings account for roughly 40% of total energy use, much of it spent keeping ...
Mental Floss

Transparent Wood Could One Day Replace Glass Windows

A group of researchers from Stockholm’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology have come up with a new building material that’s straight out of an eco-friendly sci-fi novel: transparent wood. Designed with ...
Science Daily

Transparent wood windows are cooler than glass: Study

Engineers demonstrate in a new study that windows made of transparent wood could provide more even and consistent natural lighting and better energy efficiency than glass. Engineers at the A. James ...
The Independent

Transparent wood that is ‘lighter and stronger than glass’ could create energy-saving windows

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...