Solar Powered

With its upcoming BRAC University campus in Bangladesh, WOHA has to work with a challenging city plot. The project involves turning what the firm calls a "polluted swamp" into a lush green campus that incorporates significant sustainable design.

Cox Architecture's National Maritime Museum is an impressive new addition to the waterfront in Tianjin, China, that features an eye-catching curved design. It boasts energy-efficient technology, including solar power and rainwater capture systems.

The Innisfree Anarres runs from a standard RV-style hookup but has solar panels on its roof to reduce its grid-based electricity usage. Teacup Tiny Homes also sought to provide efficient heating by installing a solar air heater on its exterior wall.

Desalination is an important technology that may help unlock more drinking water, and now two independent teams have developed new types of solar-powered desalination systems using very different mechanisms.

When commissioned to design a family home on a mountainside in Lebanon, Daz Architects decided on an unusual approach. The CH730 Villa curves downward to follow the slope of the mountain and offers fantastic views of the landscape below.

The Mount Sinai Kyabirwa Surgical Facility is a superb project in Uganda that provides locals with access to much-needed surgical treatment. The facility makes good use of off-grid technology, including solar panels and rainwater collection systems.

The founders of Squad Mobility left Lightyear to pursue a more affordable EV designed to potentially impact the lives of millions of urban commuters. What they've come up with is an electric, four-wheel roll-cage called the Squad (Solar Quad).

Following a second grid-connected project at Jaffa Port in Israel, Eco Wave Power is looking to get more from its energy harvesters by adding solar.

Researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology have fine-tuned an artificial leaf design and used it to produce drugs for the first time.

The sustainable office building Powerhouse Brattørkaia is located in Norway and is described as the world's northernmost energy-positive building.

The latest images from Germany's Sono Motors show what drivers and passengers can expect to see from inside the Sion solar-integrated family EV.

​Hyundai is launching its first car with a solar rooftop as part of the vehicle's charging system. The solar panels in the new Sonata Hybrid's roof are expected to provide up to 60 percent of the car's battery charging per day and provide over 1,000 km of EV range per year.