Turnable solar equipment on the GEMINI houseA hot summer day with the huge windows always turned to the sun? No, to hot. To solve the problem, the solar equipment can turn independent from the house.
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Turnable solar equipment on the GEMINI houseA hot summer day with the huge windows always turned to the sun? No, to hot. To solve the problem, the solar equipment can turn independent from the house.
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| Photovoltaic | |
| Different view points about photovoltaic from our different technical magazines as wide outstretched information about electric power from light. | |
| Photovoltaic - Electric power direct from light | 
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| Even a far north situated industrial nation like Germany could produce a big part of the needed energy by the roofs of the houses. Photovoltaic has much potential. | |||
| GEMINI house on the styria country exhibition in Weiz |
| Photo of solar house - styria country exhibition | 
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| Look as fresh from a SF SciFi Science Fiction film however, was planned in order to help to solve concrete energy problems on the planet earth. | |||
| Livingroom as lecture hall during the exhibition | 
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| The round livingroom with the integrated furniture concept serves as lecture hall during the styria country exhibition about energy. | |||
| First floor with 2 room in semicircle form | 
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| The windows are room high. The balcony balustrade is very hardly to see out of turned glass. Before, a part of the photovoltaics plant. | |||
| Whirlpool in bath | 
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| Exclusive detail in the bathroom: Bathtoob with whirlpool to show the connection between noble livestyle and solar energy. | |||
| Plus energy house GEMINI Austria Styria Weiz 2001 | |
| Photos from the main attraction of the styrian country exhibition about energy: a turnable turned after the sun zylinder styled house GEMINI | |
| Austria Styria Weiz 2001: GEMINI inhabited solar power plant | |
| Photos from the turnable house turning after the sun to increase the yield of the solar power plant on the roof during the styria country exhibition. | |
| Styria exhibition for energy - Weiz - GEMINI solar power plant | 
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| The GEMINI house is open until 28. October 2001: Monday to friday 11am - 1pm, 2pm - 6 pm, Saturday 11am - 6pm, Sunday 10am - 6pm | |||
| GEMINI inhabited solar power plant: guided tour | 
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| She will tell You during the guided tour about technic, targets and backgrounds of the house, which is at the same time a solar power plant | |||
| Sponsors for a solar energy project | 
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| A house of the future from 2091: 1991 designed and 2001 finished. A vision about living in the age of solar energy supported by many future-oriented companies. | |||
| Heat recovery from outgoing air | 
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| The warm outgoing air gives the biggest part of the heat energy to the cold incoming air. Even necessary for low energy houses. With plus energy houses a must. | |||
| Sound absorber of the ventilating system | 
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| Huge sound absorbers at the ventilating system guarantee living comfort. Energy saving which does not influence the comfort. | |||
| Gear drive with wheels to turn the house | 
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| 2 of such gearmotors for turning the house are installed in the preproduction model. Tests yielded that one would completely have been sufficient. | |||
| Turnable house: always after the sun | 
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| From firm basement photographed up to the rotatable part: Exhaust, supply air and waste water are feeded into the center of the rotatable house. | |||
| Cable transfer to the rotateable house | 
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| All utility lines of the firm basement are transferred to the rotatable house here. Electric power, water and from the central vacuum cleaner | |||
| Central vacuum cleaner in the basement | 
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| No exhaust air from the vacuum cleaner in the house, because the central vacuum cleaner is in the basement. Much less noise and more comfort. | |||
