Solar Café
In the Solar Café you can choose between sitting in the greenhouse or in the building with solar cells on the roof. The black squares in the glass are parts in a photovoltaic system (solar cells) that produces electricity and yet you have enough light for the plants inside the greenhouse. Solar cells can convert more energy when the sun is high in the sky and less in cloudy conditions or when the sun is low. Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) will increasingly influence our built environment, roofs, walls, windows and so on.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building-integrated_photovoltaics
The café is one of the buildings at the ETC Solar Park in Katrineholm.
etcsolpark.se (website in Swedish)
Solar Café
In the Solar Café you can choose between sitting in the greenhouse or in the building with solar cells on the roof. The black squares in the glass are parts in a photovoltaic system (solar cells) that produces electricity and yet you have enough light for the plants inside the greenhouse. Solar cells can convert more energy when the sun is high in the sky and less in cloudy conditions or when the sun is low. Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) will increasingly influence our built environment, roofs, walls, windows and so on.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building-integrated_photovoltaics
The café is one of the buildings at the ETC Solar Park in Katrineholm.
etcsolpark.se (website in Swedish)