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?
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.
Great eco friendly idea, hopefully more ideas like this will pop up.
ReplyDeleteinnovation :)
ReplyDeleteits very nice
ReplyDeleteBrilliant. Seriously, I'd love to implement this design into my own home one day.
ReplyDeletecarbon footprint? what carbon footprint??
ReplyDeleteneat stuff
ReplyDeletenever see stuff like this in north america
unless you live on the never winter'ed coast.
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)
ReplyDeleteeveryone needs those!
ReplyDeleteTodays 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.
ReplyDeleteThats pretty cool
ReplyDeletewould love to have something like that
ReplyDeleteHey that actually looks pretty good
ReplyDeleteThat's nice. Better than some of the eyesores I've seen installed in the US.
ReplyDeleteThe look of these is genuinly impressive.
ReplyDeleteah 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.
ReplyDeletecool idea!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant!
ReplyDeleteThats just brilliant! If people would use that, and it'd be cheaper.. how a wonderful world that would be :)
ReplyDeleteMy dream house is eco-friendly so I may have to get some of these!
ReplyDeletemore green roofs. we need more Italian inventors here in the united states making this stuff. would help me on my energy bills
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to combine aesthetics and environmentally friendly technology!
ReplyDeletei like the last sentence. what's the point of being green if people aren't even aware of it? so cynical, so true.
ReplyDeletethat's pretty cool
ReplyDeleteThat's very nice... But I already have solar panels.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! I want these for my house
ReplyDeleteI like that. You can't even notice
ReplyDeleteGood post, I think that terracotta is really underrated, even if it's old it's still good.
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