| 2 - Solar panels are attached as shading with a simple silicone material that looks clean. Solar shading PV is perfect in the summer at blocking out the majority of direct sun while still providing light. In the winter the sun penetrates deep into the building warming the thermal mass of the flooring and north wall inside. |
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| 3 - Inside the building provides a natural geothermal based cooling system along with plants along the north wall to maintain clean cool air in the summer. Windows at the top ventilate and encourage natural convection currents for cooling in the summer without any mechanical "air conditioning" system. |
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| 4 - Windows at the top of the solar wall open automatically in the summer when the temperature rises. |
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| 5 - This gorgeous building is a perfect example of how solar, esthetics and good healthy buildings can be built anywhere. This is the future of your new condo or office building. The future looks bright and beautiful. |
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| 6 - Look carefully at the figure of the hand. In the hand is a magnifying glass, signifying the magnification of solar power. Behind the monument is a ventilating tube that supplies cool air from the geothermal system. |
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| 7 - Geothermal cooling vents along the north wall provide a renewable supply of the earths cool air. Convection currents draw the cool air naturally to the open windows at the top of the solar wall. |
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| 8 - Worlds Largest Solar Panel, by Sun Power, 1,000 watt, 20.1% efficient |
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| 9 - Completely independent, off-the-grid, experimental demonstration home in Germany. |
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| 10 - Solar siding on the side of this apartment complex provides substational amounts of renewably generated electricity. |
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| 11 - Office towers that combined windows with solar panels for electricity generation in combination with grid power. |
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| 12 - Communities in Germany are integrating solar in a big way. Only Japan has a larger installed based of solar photo voltaic electricity generating capacity. |
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| 13 - These solar panels leave space between the generating cells to allow light to pass through the panels. |
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| 14 - Solar panels are barely visible in the background. This community park demonstrates a naturalized appearance that reduces maintenance costs while it improves natural water percolation and drainage. |
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| 15 - New solar homes under construction. Note that multiple types of solar panels are tightly integrated into the design of the homes. The panels also provide shading. |
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| 16 - These solar panels provide three services including electricity generation, a durable roofing material, and a shading system. |
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| 17 - Solar panels with integrated eaves trough system. |
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| 18 - Solar panels above balconies. |
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| 19 - Panels integrated on as roofing and as siding in the walls. |
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| 20 - Solar panels combined with glass in walls for industrial and residential buildings. |
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| 21 - A water turbine takes advantage of a natural stream that has been allowed to continue flowing between residential and industrial buildings. |
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