A "solar skin" of photovoltaic panels covers this barn-like home in Hokkaido, Japan, which has been completed by Tokyo-based Florian Busch Architects. More about Solar panel facade cloaks off-grid home in Japan by Florian Busch Architects
Chinese technology brand Lenovo has revealed a prototype of what it's calling the "world's first ultraslim solar-powered PC", which looks like a regular laptop but runs on energy from the sun. More about Lenovo unveils solar-powered laptop that charges itself
A recent Stanford University study has concluded that carbon capture and direct air capture should be abandoned in favour of replacing infrastructure with renewable wind, solar, geothermal, and hydropower. More about Study finds renewable energy infrastructure cheaper and more efficient than carbon capture
Construction of a giant celestial solar farm is underway in China, with a scale comparable to creating a "Three Gorges Dam project above the Earth". More about China to launch one-kilometre-wide solar farm into space
Californian start-up Aptera has debuted what it claims to be the first production-ready solar electric vehicle that doesn't need to be plugged in for day-to-day driving, developed with help from Pininfarina. More about Aptera reveals "production-ready" solar-powered car at CES
Architecture studio Kennon has completed the 550 Spencer office building in Australia, forming the "first building in the country" to be powered on-site by a solar facade system. More about Kennon adds 1,182 solar panels to facade of Melbourne office building
Swiss designer Yves Béhar has collaborated with Italian shipyard Rossinavi to create Solsea, a concept for an electric hybrid catamaran superyacht, which is capable of an 80 per cent electric transatlantic crossing. More about Yves Béhar designs electric hybrid superyacht "for silent ocean exploration"
Winding pathways and thatched roofs made of recycled plastic are among the features at the Kona Village resort in Hawaii, which Walker Warner Architects designed to replace a 1960s hotel destroyed by a tsunami. More about Walker Warner Architects includes recycled-plastic thatch in Hawaii hut resort
New York City-based studio WXY Architecture has unveiled a wooden, light-filled visitor centre for a nature preserve on the seaside in Rockaway, Queens. More about WXY Architecture creates welcome centre for New York nature preserve
US architecture studios Olin and Overland have completed the "world's first net-positive energy" botanical garden in Florida, which is powered by a rooftop array of 2,158 solar panels. More about "World's first net-positive energy" botanical garden completed in Florida
The A New Normal exhibition has presented designs that aim to transform Sydney into a self-sufficient city, including a pub making beer from recycled wastewater. More about A New Normal exhibition presents designs for a self-sufficient Sydney
Dutch designer Marjan van Aubel has exhibited a solar-powered installation in collaboration with car brand Lexus at this year's Milan design week. More about Marjan van Aubel unveils "even more reflective and immersive" solar-powered installation
Global architecture studio Gensler has designed an apartment complex with circular buildings and integrated electric-vehicle parking towers in Ontario. More about Gensler designs circular housing block with electric-vehicle garages
Designer Marjan van Aubel has created an "interpretation" of an electric Lexus model using a series of multicoloured, illuminated photovoltaic sheets for Miami art week. More about Marjan van Aubel creates illuminated installation in Miami using photovoltaic panels
A conceptual wildfire detection system powered by renewable energy and composed of recycled Samsung smartphones has been named the winner of the Re:Create Design Challenge. More about Wildfire detection concept wins Dezeen and Samsung's Re:Create Design Challenge
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects has designed a school building that prioritises low-carbon solutions and water retention on restored woodlands outside of San Francisco. More about Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects creates low-energy school expansion in California
Oakland-based landscape office Hood Design Studio has created two "treehouses" covered by an expansive photovoltaic trellis on the campus of a software company in Silicon Valley. More about Tree-like trellis with photovoltaic panels covers outdoor workspace in Silicon Valley
Argentinian artist Tomás Saraceno has changed the HVAC and electrical system of the Serpentine gallery in London, in an effort to make an exhibition for all the nearby species. More about Tomás Saraceno adapts Serpentine gallery to welcome all species
Robert Hutchison Architecture and Javier Sanchez Arquitectos include an extensive system for capturing and reusing stormwater for a family nature retreat in a mountainous region of Mexico. More about Water shortage concerns influence design of Rain Harvest Home in Mexico
Local studio Daniel Joseph Chenin has placed a sprawling stone residence around an 1850s fort-inspired rotunda outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. More about Daniel Joseph Chenin uses passive building strategies for stone-clad Nevada house