Solar-Powered Structures And Sustainable Design

Architects Gregory Kiss and Colin Cathcart use solar panels as structural elements.

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May 10, 2002, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The generation of electricity is important. But even in this field, aesthetics are inseparable from function. We have to begin using this technology not just as an adjunct, and not just as prototype, but as a structural element. If this technology is ever to gain broad acceptance, it has to become part of the general language of design." "[The] most substantial and tangible contribution to sustainable design [by architects Gregory Kiss and Colin Cathcart] may well be a series of simple solar units adjacent to homes on the Navajo reservation in northern Arizona."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Lighting Up The Reservation

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