Waking up to the sunlight shining through your window will give you an extra reason to feel good in the morning. Thanks to a new luminescent solar concentrator, gleaming sunlight can now be harvested into energy that could turn any window into a daytime power source. These new windows can become key in capturing solar energy for apartment buildings and skyscrapers with limited rooftop space for solar panels. Now that’s a bright idea.
Windows can harvest solar energy to power your house
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