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Solar Ivy is a composition of small photovoltaic panels shaped so that they can be installed in an attractive arrangement, much like ivy growing over a building’s surface. The panels generate electricity that is used by the building, offsetting the amount of power the building buys from the utility company. Panels can be shaped and coloured to suit the installation ... »»»
The Province of British Columbia has introduced a new Solar Hot Water Ready Regulation for single family homes. This requirement for single family homes, which came into effect on June 21, 2011, is one of the many steps being taken by the province with regard to climate action. It takes into consideration weight and space requirements of roof and wall spaces for installation of a solar domestic hot water system ... »»»
First it was wood and coal, slowly replaced by hydroelectric energy and then in the 20th century nuclear power became our friend and enemy. More recently Bill Gates, who in 2010 turned his attention to saving the world and producing ‘0’ climate emissions instead of zeros and ones. His proposal is to capture U238, the unused energy from U235, as a form of ‘free’ energy hidden all over the world, a waste product from nuclear power plants and all types of unused weapons ... »»»
The only Canadian to be awarded a Grant-in-Aid grant from the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) is studying the effects of building shape, site layout and orientation on the design of net-zero energy solar neighbourhoods. Her study investigates the effects of building shapes, density and orientation on solar potential in neighborhoods of different layouts ... »»»
Ruukki is the first company to develop a photovoltaic system that has been fully integrated into a facade. This solar power system does not depend on sun warmth, only radiation, and the electricity generated is used to meet the building’s own power needs or fed into the electricity grid. The system enables power to be produced even in areas with no direct sun rays since the technology can also utilize sun rays in cloudy weather. In snowy areas and next to water, the system increases output from reflected rays ... »»»