Gottfried Green
A few more from Inhabitat's 101
Inhabitat posts its top 10 in the LEED-H category of Innovative Design. To highlight one of relevance to us is Building Integrated Photovoltaic Technology (BIPV). "BIPVs can be used as façade, roofing materials like shingles, and can even be integrated into glass windows! Because they actually form the building’s envelope in addition to generating energy, they reduce material use and all of the environmental impacts associated with transporting and discarding excessive building material, in addition to the whole energy conservation thing." The Building Solar website offers this pitch. "Imagine the electricity-generating device has a long lifetime and low maintenance costs with no moving parts, noise, emissions, or fuel lines. Now imagine that this device is actually the walls, roof, and windows of your building-the same structure that keeps out the rain, heat, snow, and cold. It's not Science Fiction! It's Building Integrated Photovoltaics, and it is a very real part of building construction today."
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