Coming back home from work out in Green Park on the edge of Reading, I noticed one of the new office buildings that they have recently completed. No one has moved in yet but it seems finished.
The outside wall has a bunch of solar panels integrated into the design. Looks good but in mid-summer when the sun is directly overhead, it won't make much power using these polysilicon modules. Amorphous would have been better. Or forego the "look at me!" architects design and put the panels unobtrusively (and more efficiently) on the roof.
Still, they meant well.
You can see my Honda Insight parked outside the "Eco-Office" for added effect... Now all I need is a plug-in hybrid and somewhere to plug it into that free electricity the building is making...
