Word: solarization
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...sick of seeing whirling wind turbines and sun-dappled solar panels on TV, you will be: the new fall season is likely to feature a flood of green advertising. It's gotten so bad that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been holding hearings over the past year to define the difference between genuine environmental claims and empty greenwash. It's not easy--and environmental advocates worry that truly green companies could get lost in all the clamor...
Harvard is planning to install small-scale wind turbines on top of the Holyoke Center and the Soldiers Field Parking Garage and solar panels on two University-owned buildings according to James Gray, associate vice president for the Harvard real estate services. The University will begin installing the solar panels next week on the rooftops of two buildings—one on Prescott Street and another on Broadway. Gray said he hopes that the panels will produce enough energy to provide all the hot water for the buildings. The wind turbines, five small ones on the Holyoke Center...
...also a very witty performance. The Golden Calf is a white bullock preserved in a tank of formaldehyde that's mounted on a high marble plinth. His hooves and horns are 18-carat gold. His head is crowned by a gold Egyptian solar disk. Seen head-on, he's a false idol whose headgear is simultaneously silly and mesmerizing. (Hirst is assuming his buyers know the Bible story about worshipping a false god, just like the one they are about to worship.) But the beast is best seen in profile, the view that leaves you to reconcile as best...
sunflower architecture n. Solar-powered buildings that can rotate toward...
...sort of a green petri dish," says Potts Dawson of his latest venture. "We're learning every step of the way." They use the ambient temperature of the canal water, via a high-tech pump, to heat and cool the Water House. Roof-mounted solar panels provide the hot water, a wormery reduces food waste, and the restaurant filters its own "premium" bottled water on site. The menu, of course, is seasonal, all-organic and sourced as locally as possible; dishes include ravioli of sustainable salt cod with truffle oil, and roast rabbit with saffron couscous and honey...