Colour-changing roof tile works with the weather as techno-fix solution for colling the planet.
Prototype street lighting technology which will both improve the quality of night skies in urban areas, and cut electricity use, is raising high hopes among light pollution campaigners.
Until recently, the energy demands of the infrastructure supporting electronic media haven't been questioned, much less quantified. But as carbon-calculators become more effective and industry-specific, all this is changing.