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  2. Cape Romano Dome House - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] The house's domes were not only aesthetic but practical as well; their sturdy concrete walls and rounded tops providing superior hurricane protection. [ citation needed ] The house was completed in 1982 [ 6 ] The floors were tile and carpet, the walls painted white, and the rooms had large windows on all sides.

  3. Hurricane-proof building - Wikipedia

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    This is compounded by the wind entering the building allowing the building interior to pressurize, lifting the underside of the roof panels, resulting in the destruction of the building. One example of pan roof systems can be found in this document from Structall Building Systems Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine .

  4. Building-integrated photovoltaics - Wikipedia

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    The CIS Tower in Manchester, England was clad in PV panels at a cost of £5.5 million. It started feeding electricity to the National Grid in November 2005. The headquarters of Apple Inc., in California. The roof is covered with solar panels.

  5. Photovoltaic system - Wikipedia

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    A photovoltaic system, also called a PV system or solar power system, is an electric power system designed to supply usable solar power by means of photovoltaics.It consists of an arrangement of several components, including solar panels to absorb and convert sunlight into electricity, a solar inverter to convert the output from direct to alternating current, as well as mounting, cabling, and ...

  6. Battery room - Wikipedia

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    These can be sized for the expected full duration of an interruption, or may be required only to provide power while a standby generator set or other emergency power supply is started. Batteries often used in battery rooms are the flooded lead-acid battery, the valve regulated lead-acid battery or the nickel–cadmium battery. Batteries are ...

  7. Cladding (construction) - Wikipedia

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    Grenfell Tower was clad with composite panels with a polyethylene core which contributed to the fire; these panels cost about £2 less than ones with incombustible core. There are estimated to be about 600 high-rise blocks of flats in the UK that have "similar" cladding [ 5 ] and some fire safety tests—not full BS 8414 tests—were carried ...

  8. Solar architecture - Wikipedia

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    The National Stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, designed by the Japanese architect Toyo Ito, is a dragon-shaped structure that has 8,844 solar panels on its roof. [citation needed] It was built in 2009 to house the 2009 world games. Constructed completely of recycled materials, it is the largest solar-powered stadium in the world and powers the ...

  9. Solar power at the White House - Wikipedia

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    On June 20, 1979, 32 solar water heating panels were placed on the roof of the West Wing.The panels were made by InterTechnology/Solar Corp. from Warrenton, Virginia and installed by Hector Guevara of Alternate Energy Industries Corp. [2] At the dedication ceremony for the panels, President Carter said, "In the year 2000 this solar water heater behind me, which is being dedicated today, will ...