Eleanor Raymond and Maria Telkes pioneered solar-heated homes in Massachusetts in 1948.

Böer, who served as the institute’s chief scientist, and his team, including the late Maria Telkes, an inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, were responsible for the creation of Solar One — ...

Visit sustainchallenge.fairfaxcounty.gov. Those going solar take advantage of the pioneering work of immigrant Hungarian-American Maria Telkes, dubbed the “Sun Queen.” ...

Though the idea of chemical-based cooling has historical roots, pioneers like Mária Telkes explored solar-powered air conditioning in the 1970s.

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Maria Telkes was a pioneer in harnessing solar power for practical purposes. Two of her most notable inventions were the solar distiller and the first solar-powered heating systems.

Hungarian-American biophysicist and inventor Mária Telkes illuminated the field of solar energy. She invented a solar oven, a solar desalination kit and, in the late 1940s, designed one of the ...

Eleanor Raymond with physicist Mária Telkes at the Dover Sun House (1948). Photo courtesy Special Collections, Frances Loeb Library, Harvard University GSD Opened September 17, the latest architecture ...

Apr. 2—Andrew Nemethy grew up in the Dover Sun House in Massachusetts designed by Mária Telkes, living there from 1948 to 1963. "I was 3 years old when I moved in," he says. "I remember it ...

The Sun Queen An overlooked pioneer of solar power Mária Telkes had such an important part to play in the development of solar power that her nickname was "The Sun Queen".