Solar panel installation has risen in the past years because of break throughs in product and efficiency of the solar panels. That being said the article "Are regenerative Solar Panels the Wave of the Future" caught my eye. Recently scientists at M.I.T. have developed microscopic solar cells which imitate regenerative process that plants use during photosynthesis.Could this be the way of the future? The article talks about how these microscopic solar cells are more efficient at absorbing sun light and turning it into usable energy and they are smaller then recent solar panels.
http://www.articlecity.com/articles/environment_and_going_green/article_939.shtml
Design in my opinion is heading in the "Go Green" direction. This means self-sustainable buildings, environment friendly products, reusable materials, energy efficient products, and much more. Why not use the sun which comes out everyday and is free energy? Why not harness the sun and use it to create energy like plants do? I believe this could be crucial to the economy. If more people are saving money on energy bills they will have more money to spend other where. This article interested me because I believe that sustainable housing is the next big thing. Nature is sustainable and regenerative so why not mimic nature to produce a sustainable building that could exist without human interaction.
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