solar power shades slide deck 6.2014
DESCRIPTION
This white paper/slide deck asks what you see when you look at glass office buildings, condominium towers and even regular windows anywhere. The answer is in the slide deck.TRANSCRIPT
What do you see? An office building? Wrong!
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Here are some hints: Height = 241,1m (791,) Surface area = 185.806 m2 (2,000,000 ,2) Materials = glass curtain wall on steel frame
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Answer: Any?me you see an office or condominium building, you should be thinking: this should be a big solar power genera?on source
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What do you see? A window? Wrong!
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Answer: Any?me you see a window, you should be thinking: this should be a (small) solar power genera?on source
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How?
Solar Power Shades
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Importance 1. It is criBcal to increase local-‐site, clean power producBon
2. Windows are everywhere, but the focus has been on reducing solar affects on interiors, rather than on uBlizing their solar power generaBng potenBal
3. Solar power shades are a powerful, new and easy way to convert office and apartment buildings and homes into producers of energy … without any changes to or installaBons on the exterior of the buildings
4. Easy to install
• Office buildings are difficult to retro-‐fit with exterior solar panels, but adding solar shades to the interior of windows is straighSorward
• Homes may or may not be easy to add exterior solar panels, but, again, most windows have some form of window treatment and adding solar panel shades to the interior of windows is straighSorward
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Example ExisBng Solar “Shade” Systems
1. US Army Solar Tent with Power Storage h[p://www.usaraf.army.mil/NEWS/NEWS_110817_SOLAR_SHADE.html
2. PaBo Solar Umbrella h[p://gizmodo.com/5911427/stylish-‐sun-‐shade-‐is-‐the-‐easiest-‐way-‐to-‐harness-‐solar-‐power-‐for-‐your-‐home
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Many Addi?onal Benefits ü Building security
• if external power grid is hampered, electricity from the building’s window solar panels run independently
ü Familiarity • as more people become aware of the ease of use and implementaBon of solar,
the use becomes more widespread
ü Grid stability • Reduces demand during daylight hours of grid-‐based electricity
ü Tax benefits • Increases a building or home’s green energy profile
ü Easy to implement incrementally 6-‐14 9
Do something real about climate change! Start the meme!
Whenever you see a window:
(1) take a photo
(2) tweet with
#windowsareforgeneraBngpower
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ConverBng windows to solar power generaBng plants via solar shades
Submi[ed by Tim Higginson
InnovaBon Expert, Inventor, Company Founder
www.linkedin.com/in/Bmhigginson
Tim has an extensive track record in developing and commercializing innovaBons in a wide range of industries, building start-‐up companies, building and managing engineering teams, execuBng on innovaBve business models, and developing global patent porSolios. Tim is focused on building www.webhub.mobi “A Social Atlas of the Web” where anyone, anywhere can create “maps” of the Web on any topic they like.
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