RE: Chicago's tallest building going solar

DAB — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:03:38 GMT

I like the solar idea, but given the number of cloudy days at Chicago, I would think that wind turbines would create more power there than the sun. [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-909882c8-8147-49d6-89ec-c57cef1e3d2f/contentimage_5F00_938.png:16:16]

I saw a demo of this type of product for the energy home competition held in Washington DC. I think it was the German university that had the house glass setup to use this approach to generate electricity.

It will be interesting if they can run a cost effective installation at that latitude. By the way, I live only about six hours from Chicago in Ohio, so if it works there, it should work here.

Thanks

DAB

PS, the son of one of my friends lived in the tower and he said the water sloped at about 30 degrees tilt in his sink during windy days.

RE: Chicago's tallest building going solar

fustini — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:08:25 GMT

Interesting concept and close to home - I can see it from my apartment! [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-909882c8-8147-49d6-89ec-c57cef1e3d2f/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]