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New ways to catch some rays

Photovoltaics may generate clean electricity, but they’re expensive and difficult to integrate with a building’s fabric. Will the next generation of PV technologies tackle these problems? Travel round mainland Europe and you’ll find photovoltaic panels everywhere — in fields, on houses, and on crinkly-tin sheds. Germany leads the way, with 240,000 PV units installed last year alone. The UK lags way behind, not just in the application of the technology, but also in grants and tax credits. Ninety Read more [...]

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Upside-down house opens doors in Germany

BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - A house that is entirely upside-down opened its doors to the public on the northern German island of Usedom this week. The family-sized house, designed by Polish partners Klausdiusz Golos and Sebastian Mikiciuk for the Edutainment exhibition company, is furnished with chairs, tables and carpets stuck to the ceiling. "We didn't do it for a reason. We just wanted to do something different," Mikiciuk told Reuters on Friday. Over 100 people have inspected the house Read more [...]

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