Sun Powered Building Facade Opens and Closes Itself

Open and Closed shots of the Homeostatic Facade System from inside a building. Photo credit Decker Yeadon A property developer who was building a 9 Star energy efficient house once confided in me, that much of that efficiency would be squandered if the house was inhabited by a 1 Star resident. And that’s one of the conundrums with passive solar design. It works best when people interact with the building’s non-mechanical heating and cooling systems. But Decker Yeadon, architectural material technologists, envisage … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Sun Powered Building Facade Opens and Closes Itself

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