About Mathias

Mathias studies Energy and Environmental Engineering. In his spare time he writes about solar panels and other renewable energy technologies at Energy Informative.

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How Living Roofs Improve Solar Panel Performance

integrated solar and green roof can be functional and beautiful!

Both green roofs and solar panels have their own set of unique benefits that make them well worth considering on their own, but these green technologies can also work together. Green roofs have been used for many decades and benefits including … [Read more...]

How Living Roofs Improve Solar Panel Performance

solar panel

Both green roofs and solar panels have their own set of unique benefits making them well worth consideration on their own. Now with new financing models in place homeowners can go solar with minimal upfront costs. Green roofs have been used for … [Read more...]

New Passive Solar Tracker Mimics Sunflower

Sunflowers are suntrackers

Sunflowers naturally follow the trajectory of the sun throughout the day, each leaf maximizing the amount of sunlight it receives. This evolutionary adaption is called heliotropism, and is what inspired professor Hongrui Jiang at University of … [Read more...]