In my work at Jack Yan & Associates, I came across a company called Nanosolar, which, according to our description, ‘is poised to mainstream the idea by printing solar cells, rather than use conventional silicon cells.’ Without getting into the technical stuff, I believe our city should lead the way in sustainable energy such as solar power. If the city can help drive prices for solar cells down by adopting them on a wider basis, then it will help everyday Wellingtonians meet their electrical needs without hurting their wallets quite as much. And allow Wellington to be the envy of other capital cities. At the very least, we need to examine the implications here, rather than have steep power bills that do not help ordinary Kiwi families.
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Eli Weir · 2010/01/06 at 14:35
How about rooftop gardens in the CBD that help lower ambient temperature (caused by all that concrete and glass), balance carbon emissions, circulate air, and soak up solar energy (via embedded systems and the plant-life)?
A program of retrofitting large-scale office buildings would do wonders for the lifestyle of those that use them, as well as ensuring a lower power-consumption (and potential to return energy to the grid via those solar cells).