Via The Guardian, an article on Google’s ‘dragonscale’ solar-powered roof: Around 40 miles south of San Francisco, three futuristic structures rise from the earth. With sloping roofs clad in thousands of overlapping tiles, the buildings could be mistaken for the world’s most architecturally advanced circus tent. They are, in fact, part of Google’s new Bay View […]
Read more »Via The Verge, an article on how the solar roof could finally become a reality thanks to GAF Energy’s nailable solar shingles: In 2016, Tesla tried to reinvent the humble roof as a beautiful array of glass tiles brimming with solar energy — a vision it’s been struggling to deliver ever since. But San Jose, California-based […]
Read more »Via The Conversation, a look at why New Zealand’s move towards greater urban density should see a rooftop revolution: New Zealand has historically been a suburban land. Famously characterised as a “quarter-acre pavlova paradise”, the domestic ideal has long been a single dwelling on a full section. But that is changing fast. With soaring house prices and homes in […]
Read more »Via Solar Daily, an article on the rapid rise of decarbonization potential of rooftop PV plus EVs in residential houses: Rooftop photovoltaics (PVs) integrated with electric vehicles (EVs) has the potential to deeply decarbonize urban energy systems in a cost-effective way. The SolarEV City Concept suggested that the rooftop PV plus EV systems can supply […]
Read more »Via Cool Hunting, a report on a new rooftop farm in New York City: Since 2014, the Jacob K Javits Convention Center has been home to the largest green roof in NYC, totaling 6.75 acres of greenery. Now, the venue has added a one-acre farm in order to supply ingredients to its kitchen, cutting the […]
Read more »Via WIRED, an article on a rooftop idea that could help generate food and energy while reducing a building’s cooling costs: LONG THE TERRITORY of cats, weather vanes, and the occasional fiddler, roofs are growing thick with solar panels. A home or business rooftop is an ideal place to site them because sunlight there is less obstructed by shadows […]
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