| tecture and urban developing has come a long | | | | energy. |
| way since the time of the Greeks, the first | | | | A long time has passed since the first pioneers |
| people who made of architecture one of the | | | | attempted to replace conventional electric power |
| pillars of the growth of their civilization. To the | | | | with the first prototypes of solar panel powered |
| Greeks, buildings and constructions were more | | | | devices. These old devices looked like |
| than just places to dwell or gather. They found a | | | | “attachments” on the roofs of |
| way to make their buildings lead the way in the | | | | houses, puzzling most people, who did not know |
| development of their culture, and left to posterity | | | | what it was all about. Architecture has evolved, |
| great constructions that will last forever, like the | | | | making homes much more efficient in the use of |
| Parthenon or the magnificent aqueducts, which | | | | solar power, making the circuits and required |
| took advantage of natural courses of water to | | | | installations part of the original design of the |
| facilitate human life. Nowadays, we have managed | | | | house, and not some attachment placed once the |
| to take advantage of water in efficient ways, | | | | house has been built. |
| even producing energy. The time has come to | | | | Architects take solar energy into consideration to |
| take advantage of solar energy, another great | | | | adequately design of new homes, for instance, |
| free resource that guarantees clean, cheap and | | | | preparing roof to support solar cells in all their |
| endless energy. | | | | extension, and providing self cleaning systems to |
| As a consequence, modern buildings try to make | | | | keep the solar panels clean. Also, piping is different |
| the most of solar energy by using Homemade | | | | for solar powered homes. Copper is the material |
| Solar Panels. Designs seek to make the most of | | | | to be used, because of the low maintenance it |
| available sunny hours, leaving no corner in the | | | | requires, and the awesome property copper has |
| dark. Also, the conservation of temperature is | | | | to maintain heat. Many newbies make the mistake |
| carefully considered. The age of huge glass and | | | | to use plastic pipes, which is cheaper than copper. |
| steel building that took no advantage of energy | | | | Yet, this is a mistake. Copper pipes pay |
| conservation has come to an end. These big | | | | themselves in a short time, and ensure the most |
| buildings depend largely on air conditioning, both to | | | | effectiveness of the installed solar panels. |
| cool and heat rooms, because of their structure, | | | | One thousand watts of energy can be obtained |
| that merely encapsulated the space. Nowadays, | | | | with one square meter of solar panels. Yet, it is |
| there are much more efficient ways to take | | | | important to make the most of them, by taking |
| advantage of wind, to cool the inside of buildings, | | | | advantage of each and every watt, and |
| making the most of drafts and natural currencies. | | | | preventing waste. New isolation procedures and |
| And also, spaces are designed to make the most | | | | materials have been developed to achieve this. |
| of light, hence reducing the need of artificial light. | | | | Avoidance of loss of heat is a must when it |
| But a new element has come to the stage: solar | | | | comes to heating through solar power. |