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GREENPIX Zero Energy Media Wall Lights up Beijing

Posted May 20, 2008 9:09 AM

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The upcoming 2008 Olympic Games are inspiring some show-stopping buildings and technologies, among them the Greenpix Zero Energy Media Wall by New York based architecture & media firm Simone Giostra & Partners. Visible from up to a kilometer away on one of Beijing's most congested main roads, the 20,000 square foot bright light facade of the Xicui entertainment complex is more than stunning, it's surprisingly strong in its green credentials. The Greenpix Zero Energy Media Wall is the world's largest color LED display, and has a self sustaining energy life-cycle. Harvesting sunlight collected during the day via photovoltaic solar cells, the wall uses stored solar energy to light up the LED's for a spectacular nighttime show.

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Re: GREENPIX Zero Energy Media Wall Lights up Beijing

05/20/2008 8:40 PM

"Zero Energy Media" = a wall lit by thousands of lights.

Journalistic hogwash, and even my pet pig is ashamed to hear the story, when I read it out to him.

Where do these writers think the energy to make those lights glow, actually comes from.

Aha, now I see, they have finally invented a perpetual motion machine, which produces a surplus of energy.

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Re: GREENPIX Zero Energy Media Wall Lights up Beijing

05/22/2008 1:46 PM

Like the article said, the energy for the light comes from the sun, solar cells that collect it during the day and store it for use at night.

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