House That Generates Its Own Power

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Architect Sheila Kennedy of KVA Matx, an innovative architectural firm, specializes in the integration of solar-cell technology in architecture. Her team has recently designed the soft house, “a structure that can create close to 16,000 watt-hours of electricity by transforming household curtains into flexible, semi-transparent, solar collectors.”

With recent advances in solar technology and the implementation photovoltaic cells in textiles this idea may not be that far off. I wouldn’t get too excited however. The cost of implementing such a technology right now is pretty discouraging. Unless of course money is no object.

This is pretty cool. With fuel prices set to soar into the sky, there seems to be only one way - alternative energy sources. Solar is the way to go. I believe that as technology advances, solar cells are going to be so efficient that they will be able to produce more energy than we could every need. Then again, man has always found ways to need more of everything.

I think the KVA softhouse is pretty neat. Generating energy with the curtains in my home. I wonder how you’d get them cleaned though.

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