Let's say you just moved into a new home and you've been waiting all spring to finally sit out in your sunroom and look at something other than snow. However, you've noticed lately that it gets really hot and you want to reduce the room's temperature. Here are a few reasons temperatures increase:

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation recently introduced a material that enables the walls of buildings (and other structures) to generate electricity.

By remaining airborne for nearly 4 consecutive days and nights, and with the aircraft producing its own power with solar energy, Solar Impulse 2 has proven that Piccard's vision of reaching unlimited endurance without fuel was not a crazy dream.

In the meantime, CEE researchers have come up with a new tool to help our research and, in the long run, to help multifamily building owners and managers operate more efficiently.

CloudLightning aims to develop a power-efficient cloud computing infrastructure that will simplify access to cloud resources.

A London based bank is lending $20 million (£12m) to help build Turkey’s largest geothermal power plant.

With special design, the Green Generation stove not only saves 50% to 60% of fuel compared with the traditional wood stoves but also releases less smoke during cooking, thereby reducing harmful emissions, contributing to health protection and environmentally friendly space.

In Germany and South Africa, researchers and industry are cooperating in a 'solar melting of aluminium in a directly radiated rotary kiln' (SOLAM ) project to develop a method by which aluminium foundries could use solar energy to melt the metal, states the German Aerospace Centre.

The owner of London business district Canary Wharf has announced plans to introduce solar-powered benches which will allow passers-by to charge their phone and digitally discover the local area.

Amid an extraordinarily hot weather, the demand for electricity of the Hanoi people soared, making the electrical system overloaded. Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade has requested the districts to encourage the people to save power .

Recently, Schneider Electric Vietnam visited and donated 330 sets of solar energized lamps with brand name Mobiya to households in Ta Phin village, Sa Pa District, Lao Cai Province.

Denmark and Vietnam have a long-term cooperation in the field of climate change response and energy. Many projects have been rolled out by the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade with the Danish Embassy; Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Building.

The Deputy Prime Minister demanded that ministries, concerned agencies, localities and enterprises continue promoting the achievements and efforts, to be more aggressive in implementation of the roadmap, to ensure the set targets hit, and to prepare the necessary conditions for nationwide expansion.

A special lamp which can control the vegetation growth as desired has been researched and successfully produced by scientists of R & D Center (Rang Dong Vacuum Flask JSC).

By May 2015, the province saves 8,338,154 kWh, equivalent to 2.81% of the accumulated commercial electricity, reaching 47.55% of the 2015 annual plan assigned by the Corporation, (targeting at 17.535 million kWh).

DECC has contracted Jacobs Engineering Group to provide technical advisory services for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.

Starting in August 2015, the Training Center will run its commissioning training with the first course for energy auditors, supported by the Japanese energy experts.

One of the world's largest soft-drink bottlers, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE), has set ambitious new targets for waste and emissions today, claiming that climate change is one of the most significant risks to its business.

To ensure sufficient supply of electricity for daily life and production, the Electricity of Huong Khe, Ha Tinh has implemented several programs to practice power savings in a positive way. Electricity of Huong Khe organized communication campaign in the villages and residential areas bringing with it the 4 rules of righteousness: "Right moment - Right place - Right way and Right necessity", by hanging banners of messages of power saving in the offices and densely populated areas.

Powered by solar energy, Dokk1 is a modern structure designed by schmidt hammer lassen and built as part of the Urban Mediaspace project in Aarhus, Denmark.