Skyscrapers generally need cooling rather than heating, both due to the excessive consumption of electricity in their contents and the greenhouse effect of their large amount of glass. The solution we apply consists of trying to keep the heat out with tinting film glasses or reflective glasses. This solution causes the interior of the building to become dark in the winter and extra warm in the summer, resulting in the formation of heat islands.
Photovoltaic glasses, on the other hand, can generate electricity in the form of complete passage of visible light or in such a way that it remains transparent enough. Of course, they are not as efficient as special panels mounted at an angle to the open area or roof, but they are successful in generating power. As a result, such panels in façade cladding provide energy production without compromising architecture.
According to research by the US National Renewable Energies Laboratory (NREL), the glass surface area in skyscrapers is increasing. If we switch this area to a system that converts solar energy into electrical energy without disturbing it, we can produce nearly half of the electrical energy that the building needs.
Researchers have also developed software that simulates buildings as open source. Thanks to this software, in the simulation they made in Denver, as the building gets longer, the dependency of the building decreases, it turns into a zero-energy building first and then into a building with surplus energy.
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