Friday, August 17, 2018

Photovoltaic glass clads a sustainably minded residential tower in Melbourne

Melbourne based architecture firm C. Kairouz Architects recently completed The General, an eight-story building that’s said to be Australia’s first-ever large-scale residential structure to use photovoltaic glass on its facade. Located in the inner-suburb of Northcote in Melbourne, the building comprises 87 apartments as well as mixed-use commercial space on the first two floors. Thanks to photovoltaic glazing as well as a slew of other energy-efficient systems and resource-saving measures, The...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/photovoltaic-glass-clads-a-sustainably-minded-residential-tower-in-melbourne
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