When Elizabeth Leich was young, she said she planted acorns along Interstate 81 with the hope that big oak trees would drown the highway sound and help her mother sleep at night. Decades later, she ...

Solar noise barriers are not a new technology. There are thousands of miles of noise barriers already sporting slick solar systems. Many of these systems have been installed in Europe, although the ...

The tall concrete walls that run along many of our highways are highway traffic noise barriers. According to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), these noise barriers can reduce traffic noise by ...