Heliotrope: Is brainchild of architect Ralph Disch, it's a rotating solar home was the seed for the extraordinary solar development and the modern solar movement in Germany.
The home takes full advantage of sun by rotating with it, allowing daylight to course though its windows and energize its large roof mounted solar array and solar thermal pipes; and the result was generating five times the energy it consumes.
Twenty-five years ago, when Ralph Disch’s hometown of Freiburg, Germany decide to build a nuclear power plant nearby, he fought vigorously to keep it from happening. He applied his passion to finding an alternative, he looked to the sun; and the result was "Helitrope home" is a vigorous concept that makes incredible use of solar energy thanks to its kinetic design. The home is timed to rotate 180 degrees through the day, following the sun’s track. The 6.6 KWH solar panels on top produce more than need energy to make the home net energy positive. A unique hand railing system on the roof, doubles as solar thermal tubing that heats the home’s water and radiators.
The home also re-uses rainwater for domestic use.
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