by T&N
New design for glass ceilings
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Hello every-one!
Barely three weeks ago we saw Britta’s presentation on TED.com and we were immediately intrigued. We started thinking about a design that would fit our house, which is a little different than most windowfarms we’ve seen so far. The back of our house (orientated towards the south) is made of glass, like a greenery and thus should be used like that!
The highest point (ceiling) will be at 3.10 meters (10 ft), too high for us to reach, so we thought of a pulley system (Katrol in dutch) we can lift it and drag it down.
We are building it right now, looks like everything will work out! We’ll post some new pictures soon!
I’m very intrigued with your system. We just had our top floor + roof renovated recently so things are pretty bare (lots of good energy/sunlight going to waste!) Please post the details and instructions of your project. I might take on this project next (if you don’t mind). Thanks for sharing!
Looks very nice. However, my primary concern is the airlift. It is known to work best when the tubing is straight and upward. I hope it’s not an issue here. I’m looking forward to seeing pictures of the actual system.
Hi Helene and Mikko,
We posted a new blog on our system. We would like to know what you think of the actual system!