June 20, 2008
The soft house that creates power
It’s an interesting concept that Sheila Kennedy from KVA Matx has, she is a great believer in integrating solar cell technology into the design of buildings and structures. They have gone so far as to design the Soft House which uses curtains to produce 16,000 watt hours of electricity.
Virtually every office building or home has either blinds or curtains, but they have never been used before to produce power, which is really a waste because they nearly always have direct sunlight on them at some point in the day. KVA Matx has just married the two together.
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Filed by David Allen at June 20th, 2008 on 8:00 am
under Alternative Energy, Business, Conservation, Home and Garden, Office | 2 comments
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Maybe this material would be more practical for making a solar umbrella as in the previous post - easier to fold away to carry and store. Suppose there will be power generating capacity differences to consider too.
Comment by Amac — June 20, 2008 @ 7:29 pm