Comments on: Do solar panels belong on historic buildings? http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/2009/05/do-solar-panels-belong-on-historic-buildings/ Fresh culture daily. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:58:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Liu Jie http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/2009/05/do-solar-panels-belong-on-historic-buildings/comment-page-1/#comment-90462 Liu Jie Mon, 16 May 2011 01:20:59 +0000 http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/?p=17672#comment-90462 The expected life time of the solar panels is about 25 years, or a little more. But a historic buildings are at least 100 years. I wonder how the solar panels will be about 50 years later. Maybe I can't see tham at that time. The expected life time of the solar panels is about 25 years, or a little more. But a historic buildings are at least 100 years. I wonder how the solar panels will be about 50 years later. Maybe I can’t see tham at that time.

]]> By: KnotTubeRight http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/2009/05/do-solar-panels-belong-on-historic-buildings/comment-page-1/#comment-1826 KnotTubeRight Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:33:26 +0000 http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/?p=17672#comment-1826 Duh. That's like asking "should they have upgraded to electricity and indoor plumbing?" It is a natural progression. Just because a structure is old does not mean that it cannot be modernized. Every building ever erected is "historic" in some way. With age comes beauty. Even the most beautiful women could do with a little sprucing up in their latter years. It does not detract from the beauty, it only enhances it. Solar panels would be less unsightly than the old television aerials from days gone by. Old structures are less efficient than new ones so it makes sense to power them with renewable energy. Duh. That’s like asking “should they have upgraded to electricity and indoor plumbing?” It is a natural progression. Just because a structure is old does not mean that it cannot be modernized. Every building ever erected is “historic” in some way. With age comes beauty. Even the most beautiful women could do with a little sprucing up in their latter years. It does not detract from the beauty, it only enhances it. Solar panels would be less unsightly than the old television aerials from days gone by. Old structures are less efficient than new ones so it makes sense to power them with renewable energy.

]]> By: Brian Scott Applegate http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/2009/05/do-solar-panels-belong-on-historic-buildings/comment-page-1/#comment-1458 Brian Scott Applegate Sat, 30 May 2009 20:56:04 +0000 http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/?p=17672#comment-1458 I think solar panels can be put on any building large enough to hold them. I think the new more efficient and more economical solar panels should be used to offset energy costs anywhere that they can be put. Arranging them so that they are generally out of the visitor's line of sight that should be where they are installed in historic or artistic architecture. It's time the government began aggressively subsidizing such clean alternatives to people that use them. Sincerely, Brian Scott Applegate I think solar panels can be put on any building large enough to hold them. I think the new more efficient and more economical solar panels should be used to offset energy costs anywhere that they can be put. Arranging them so that they are generally out of the visitor’s line of sight that should be where they are installed in historic or artistic architecture.
It’s time the government began aggressively subsidizing such clean alternatives to people that use them.

Sincerely,

Brian Scott Applegate

]]> By: John http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/2009/05/do-solar-panels-belong-on-historic-buildings/comment-page-1/#comment-1414 John Wed, 27 May 2009 21:51:43 +0000 http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/?p=17672#comment-1414 Yes, solar panels can be added to an historic building, as long as the design is sensitive to the building's character. People don't generally object to adding things like electric wiring, telephones, or running water to historic buildings that originally lacked those amenities, so why should solar panels be different? As for visible changes, 19th-century lighthouses (for example) aren't any less historic if their lamps are powered by electricity rather than whale oil. Yes, solar panels can be added to an historic building, as long as the design is sensitive to the building’s character. People don’t generally object to adding things like electric wiring, telephones, or running water to historic buildings that originally lacked those amenities, so why should solar panels be different? As for visible changes, 19th-century lighthouses (for example) aren’t any less historic if their lamps are powered by electricity rather than whale oil.

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