Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have designed a new material for insulating windows that could improve the energy efficiency of buildings worldwide—and it works a bit like a high-tech ...

A new mesoporous polymer combines optical transparency higher than glass with thermal conductivity lower than air. The ...

Colorado team develop a new form of silicone that is more transparent than window glass, and a better thermal insulator than ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

Pablo Päster is an energy and sustainability management consultant who wrote a weekly advice column for Treehugger from 2009-2012. Dear Pablo: I had a home energy audit done and they recommended ...

An aerogel material that is more than 99% transparent to light and is an excellent thermal insulator has been developed by Ivan Smalyukh and colleagues at the University of Colorado Boulder in the US.

Your garage is so much more than just a place to park your car. With a little creativity and a few garage organizing tips, it can double as a home office or a place for your DIY projects.

Why bother adding a layer of insulation to a brick wall, if you can just build that wall using hollow bricks that are stuffed with insulation? That's the thinking behind self-insulating bricks which ...

Researchers have found that they could use highly insulating aluminum-coated polymer film to improve the performance of ...

If you're getting ready to winterize your garage there are a few steps you can take to help insulate it to help keep the rest ...

Beryllium oxide ceramics exhibit excellent insulating properties, with a resistivity at room temperature comparable to that of aluminum nitride (10¹⁵-10¹⁷ Ω·m). The stability of its crystal structure ...