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  Rooftop Of An Energy Plus House

  February 21, 2012 / SMART GRID, SOLAR ENERGY

  As living standard increases, a lot of energy is being used to air-conditioned the building, to heat the water, to chill the food, and for other purposes mostly for the comfort of the people in the building. Though some of the purposes are well justified, energy demand causes fast depletion of natural resources, and thus better ways of harnessing energy from alternate and renewable sources are needed. It is also important to improve energy performance of the building, reduce energy [...]

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  Building integrated thin film solar PV cells

  December 14, 2011 / SOLAR ENERGY

  Photovoltaic manufactures have made solar cells capable of generating electricity, but have not provided the means of mounting these Photovoltaic cells to structures in a manner that meet building code standards. Building codes that have been developed to be used together set forth for strength design, fire prevention and weather protection. The Thin Film Amorphous photovoltaic manufactures have designed PV cells to be adhered to metal and rubber membranes used in manufacturing roofing materials. Leaving designers to develop a product [...]

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  Patented intelligent plus energy home

  December 6, 2011 / SMART GRID

  Patented Intelligent Plus Energy Home. Reflector augmented Solar PV/Therm Modules. Innovative silent VAWT for operation in urban turbulent wind. Solar light regulated by window mirrors. Patented system of energy accumulation. Heat pumps for heating/cooling. Optimization of the energy yield by window tracking reflectors. Generating electricity using your own small renewable energy system fits the circumstances and values of some home and small-business owners. Although it takes time and money to research, buy, and maintain a system, many people enjoy the [...]

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