Above is the CIS tower in Manchester England. The original 10 million dollar facade began to flake off and was hitting people in the head. What do they asked?? The answer they covered the building with solar powered panels which are just as pretty and produce a ton of kilowatts of power for the building. If you thought this was the greenest building you have heard of yet you might want to keep holding your breath. A top of this wonderful building is 24 roof mounted wind turbines. However this building is very very big. Only 10% of the CIS tower will be powered by renewable energy. What is shown above is just the top. The office building will have windows which will be below. Why do people really need a view where they work anyway just cover the whole thing up!! But this is a step in the right direction with the amount of power this place produces its enough to run 1000 pc's all at once.
The fixed solar system have already dramatically transformed the whole idea of power generation, compared to the conventional fossil fuel generators. We now have access to systems that are silent, ecologically friendly, free from pollution and also free from emission gases.
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