Featured in Rejuvenation – 06-2013

Where is the PV?

BIPV: For architects who dream of a future where buildings seamlessly integrate energy generation, technologies coming out of Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) suggest the future is close at hand.
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Within walking distance of Lake Geneva, against a backdrop of hills and mountains, is EPFL’s Rolex Learning Center, a construction that from above looks like a gently flapping piece of paper with holes cut out in it. The undulating building has no stairs or actual rooms, just spaces creating an effect that manages to be …

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