Before the dinosaurs of industry become extinct, we need to rethink how we shift to new paradigms of energy production/ distribution. Solar power may be the best direction to take.rnIn addition to recent talk in the current down cycle about making our automobiles smaller and greener as the world economy forces all automobile manufactur-rners to reassess their future, architects have acknowledged the equally important need for designing energy miserly buildings to sustain future design possibilities. Besides designing more thermally efficient buildings, architects are discovering the use of alternative energy systems such as wind, solar and biomass energy systems. All of these "new" systems have a long way to go before they become intuitive in regular practice. However, several new technological innovations have startedrnto give hope of more regular use of photovoltaics, the subject of this issue's theme.
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