A must-have in green building design, solar chimneys can slash energy costs up to 50%. Now research reveals they could also help save lives in a building fire. In a world-first, researchers designed a ...

Researchers from the department of mechanical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology-Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU) have developed an advanced technology for solar energy production.

Built as part of the sustainable features of a new Australian building, the specially-designed solar chimney radically boosts safe evacuation time in a fire - from 2 minutes to over 14 minutes. A must ...