IN PICTURES: FIVE INNOVATIVE ONSITE RENEWABLES PROJECTS

摘要

The first UK office to generate more energy than it consumes was completed earlier this year at Swansea University. It employs innovative technologies that allow the building to generate, store and release solar energy in one integrated system. Features: A curved roof with integrated solar cells in a laminated photovoltaic panel; a photovoltaic thermal system on the south-facing wall; lithium ion batteries to store the electricity generated and a 2,000 litre water tank to store solar heat.