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From CNET News.com:
New York hosts a Green BuildingsNY conference that boasts a little bit of everything, from living walls to recyclable carpets.
This picture shows a solar panel that's designed to generate electricity from a city balcony rather than a rooftop.
The SolaRail from EPV Solar is encased in glass, weighs 90 pounds, and can generate 42 watts under peak conditions. It's used in a building in the Tribeca part of Manhattan where each balcony has 14 modules. It's a good example of how thin-film solar cells open up possibilities for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV).
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