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It’s Hot and It’s Very Cool!

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Sally B. Patterson

Imagine how nice it would be on a hot summer day to be able to automatically cool one’s environment with solar panels — and then to have the same panels provide warmth when autumn comes. This concept is not such a fantasy anymore, thanks to research being conducted at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, N.Y. Solar panels that provide both heat and cooling are under test in this rooftop prototype. Courtesy of Steven Van Dessel, RPI. Architect Steven Van Dessel and colleagues are working on a system that converts sunlight to electricity. Depending on the direction of the...Read full article

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    Published: August 2006
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