Eco Factor: Solar Skin enables old buildings to generate solar electricity.
Architectural firms are envisioning new buildings that will be able to generate energy for themselves with a solar energy generating façade. But with most of the metropolis already converted into a concrete jungle there has to be a way to make the already existing skyscrapers green. Designers over at Studio Formwork have tried to do just that with a new product design known as Solar Skin.
The Solar Skin is a lightweight unitized system of inflatable solar components that can be zipped together to form a temporary skin that provides an inefficient building access to the growing trend of onsite energy generation, without any renovation.
The inflatable units measure 4ft in length and 2.5ft in width and comprise of white foam cylinder eye-shaped pieces that can be installed on any building or even a house. The system can be installed as a tensile member with wires fed through the foam tubing to create a temporary shelter.
Via: StudioFormwork
