moehring.mary+Solar+Skyscraper

An insurance building in Manchester, England was original covered with small mosaic tiles, but after only six months, they began to fall off. A solution was needed, and a company called Solar Century came up with an idea replacing the failing tiles with solar cells. They bought$11,000,000 worth of solar panels. Not only do the solar cells provide a weatherproof barrier, but also they generate about 390 kilowatts of power for the building. 7,000 Sharp80W modules are used to cover the entire building, but apparently only 4898 of these modules actually work. The building also has 24 wind turbines on the roof, which provide 10% of the total power used by the building.