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American Experience The Sun QueenPremieres Tuesday, April 4, 2023, on PBS and Streaming on PBS.org New Film Explores the Fascinating Life of the Solar Energy Pioneer Mária Telkes, Known as “Th
Premieres Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + PBS App + Encore Wednesday, April 5 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Learn about inventor Mária Telkes, who spent nearly 50 years exploring how to harness the sun’s power. Battling sexism at MIT, she persevered to design the first successfully solar-heated house in 1948 and held more than 20 patents.
The world’s first ‘zero energy’ house Returning to his regular series on the evolution of sustainable building during the 20th century, Dr Marc Ó Riain takes a look at the first serious attempt to build a house with net zero energy use. This article was originally published in issue 35 of Passive House Plus magazine. Want immediate access to all back issues and exclusive extra content? Click here to subscribe for as little as €10, or click here to receive the next issue free of charge During the 1973-74 oil crisis Denmark, which was massively impacted by the quadrupling of e...