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Solar windows could harvest energy from sun and indoor light (www.ucl.ac.uk)
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[–] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I mean, couldn't you take a solar panel and make it like an awning above the window or something? Have a system where it can pull into the window to be flush with the building if you want.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 hours ago

    You want to use solar panels to both collect solar energy AND provide shade to residents within the building? Sounds a bit too efficient for my tastes. Let's put ugly brown tints on the windows instead and collect a fraction of the energy at 10x the cost.

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