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Dec 1, 2010

Traditional Terracotta Roof That Happens to Harness the Sun

There are plenty of technical hurdles keeping the masses from decking out their roofs withsolar panels, but their general ugliness doesn't help much either. Tegolasolare puts their photovoltaic panels second to the surrounding architecture, not the other way around.

The Italian company's red clay roof tiles look just like traditional terracotta and incorporatephotovoltaic panels, as opposed to merely accommodating them. It's a perfect example of how forward-looking, sustainable technology can exist in harmony with traditional architecture.
Of course, lose the drab solar roof look and you lose your eco-savvy neighbor visibility along with it, and really, what fun is having an Earth-saving roof if it looks just like your regular old one?



27 comments:

Unknown said...

Great eco friendly idea, hopefully more ideas like this will pop up.

Astra said...

innovation :)

Mister Sharaf said...

its very nice

David Davidson said...

Brilliant. Seriously, I'd love to implement this design into my own home one day.

noog said...

carbon footprint? what carbon footprint??

Telia Tuli said...

neat stuff
never see stuff like this in north america
unless you live on the never winter'ed coast.

Lexington said...

This would make day to day life easier and in the case of a powercut it'll be ok (so long as its during the day)

GemmaAndHannah said...

everyone needs those!

Anonymous said...

Todays society care too much about physical appearance. Just plaster your house with solar panels for the sake of humanity instead of worrying about how awesome your roof looks.

LoneIslander said...

Thats pretty cool

Gurney said...

would love to have something like that

killerkun said...

Hey that actually looks pretty good

SuciƓ Sanchez said...

That's nice. Better than some of the eyesores I've seen installed in the US.

Leddi said...

The look of these is genuinly impressive.

cooperlife said...

ah yes, you make a good point. Why help keep the environment healthy if you can't act like a hero in front of all your neighbors.

Hitchcock said...

cool idea!

Buff Drinklots said...

Brilliant!

IDDQD said...

Thats just brilliant! If people would use that, and it'd be cheaper.. how a wonderful world that would be :)

Ryukai said...

My dream house is eco-friendly so I may have to get some of these!

Anonymous said...

more green roofs. we need more Italian inventors here in the united states making this stuff. would help me on my energy bills

Vapor said...

What a great way to combine aesthetics and environmentally friendly technology!

stm said...

i like the last sentence. what's the point of being green if people aren't even aware of it? so cynical, so true.

Kichuwa said...

that's pretty cool

Tsipise said...

That's very nice... But I already have solar panels.

Joel C Anatoli said...

Brilliant! I want these for my house

ThatGuy said...

I like that. You can't even notice

Teutorix said...

Good post, I think that terracotta is really underrated, even if it's old it's still good.