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The Heliotrope rotates around itself to track the Sun.

Solar architecture is an architectural approach that takes in account the Sun to harness clean and renewable solar power. It is related to the fields of optics, thermics, electronics and materials science. Both active and passive solar housing skills are involved in solar architecture.

The use of flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules provides fluid integration with steel roofing profiles, enhancing the building's design. Orienting a building to the Sun, selecting materials with favorable thermal mass or light dispersing properties, and designing spaces that naturally circulate air also constitute solar architecture.

Initial development of solar architecture has been limited by the rigidity and weight of standard solar power panels. The continued development of photovoltaic (PV) thin film solar has provided a lightweight yet robust vehicle to harness solar energy to reduce a building's impact on the environment.

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Solar architecture

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Solar architecture is an architectural approach that takes in account the Sun to harness clean and renewable solar power. It is related to the fields of...

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Solar energy

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solar power to generate electricity, solar thermal energy (including solar water heating), and solar architecture. It is an essential source of renewable...

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Passive solar building design

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In passive solar building design, windows, walls, and floors are made to collect, store, reflect, and distribute solar energy, in the form of heat in...

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Sustainable architecture

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HQE Land recycling Low-energy house Organic architecture Passive house Renewable heat Solar architecture Solar chimney Straw-bale construction Superinsulation...

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Solar chimney

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of air heated by passive solar energy. A simple description of a solar chimney is that of a vertical shaft utilizing solar energy to enhance the natural...

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Concentrated solar power

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Concentrated solar power (CSP, also known as concentrating solar power, concentrated solar thermal) systems generate solar power by using mirrors or lenses...

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Solar Ark

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The Solar Ark (ソーラーアーク) is a Japanese ark-shaped solar photovoltaic power generation facility which offers activities to cultivate a better appreciation...

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Skylight

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outdoor environment to interior occupants. sustainable building—passive solar heating, and with operable units; ventilation for passive cooling and fresh...

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Solar air conditioning

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Solar air conditioning, or "solar-powered air conditioning", refers to any air conditioning (cooling) system that uses solar power. This can be done through...

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Perovskite solar cell

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single-junction architectures, and, in silicon-based tandem cells, to 29.8%, exceeding the maximum efficiency achieved in single-junction silicon solar cells....

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Solar shingle

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Solar shingles, also called photovoltaic shingles, are solar panels designed to look like and function as conventional roofing materials, such as asphalt...

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Outline of solar energy

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ever-evolving technologies. Solar energy technologies include solar heating, solar photovoltaics, solar thermal electricity and solar architecture. These can make...

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Solarized architectural glass

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Solarized architectural glass is a type of architectural glass, used as a building material, that has changed color as a result of a chemical reaction...

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Solar air heat

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Solar air heating is a solar thermal technology in which the energy from the sun, insolation, is captured by an absorbing medium and used to heat air....

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Earthship

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architect Michael Reynolds. Earthships are designed to behave as passive solar earth shelters made of both natural and upcycled materials such as earth-packed...

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Environmental design

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the streets of Greek cities mainly ran east–west. The practice of solar architecture continued with the Romans, who similarly had deforested much of their...

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Solar Settlement at Schlierberg

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Württemberg". European Solar Prize from Eurosolar e.V. for Rolf Disch s commitment Sustainable architecture Energy-plus-house Passive solar design Green building...

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Light tube

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Light tubes (also known as solar pipes, tubular skylights or sun tunnels) are structures that transmit or distribute natural or artificial light for the...

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Seasonal thermal energy storage

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whenever needed, such as in the opposing season. For example, heat from solar collectors or waste heat from air conditioning equipment can be gathered...

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Roof lantern

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A roof lantern is a daylighting architectural element. Architectural lanterns are part of a larger roof and provide natural light into the space or room...

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Solar thermal rocket

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Celsius and a boiling point of −33.34 °C. A solar-thermal propulsion architecture outperforms architectures involving electrolysis and liquification of...

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Central solar heating

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Central solar heating is the provision of central heating and hot water from solar energy by a system in which the water is heated centrally by arrays...

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Trombe wall

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Trombe wall is a passive solar building design strategy that adopts the concept of indirect-gain, where sunlight first strikes a solar energy collection surface...

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Architecture

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Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process...

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Solar Decathlon

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Architecture Fribourg, Geneva University of Art and Design, and the University of Fribourg. In 2010, the National Building Museum awarded the Solar Decathlon...

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