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An Energy-Producing Window

(Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Desmond Bentley - Israel's Pythagoras Solar beat out nearly 5,000 entrants to win this year's $100,000 GE Ecomagination Challenge, which recognizes the most promising green energy building innovations, for its unique solar window. The world's first transparent photovoltaic glass unit (PVGU) "will produce benefits such as power generation and reducing the building's energy needs, while allowing light in," says Pythagoras Solar CEO Gonen Fink. Pythagoras' optical design uses direct light to generate energy, while optimizing daylight inside the building. "The idea is to maintain the work environment at a comfortable temperature without massive, energy-guzzling, cooling and heating systems.... Imagine a commercial facade. If you could replace the glass with glass that can improve energy efficiency, the advantages are multiple."
2011-09-02 00:00:00
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