The Holy See will be adopting solar panels many of its buildings, in accordance with the wishes of Pope Benedict XVI who has "concern about conserving the Earth's resources". First in line is the Pope Paul VI auditorium, which seats 6,300 people.
"The roof of the Paul VI auditorium will be redone next year, with its cement panels replaced with photovoltaic cells to convert sunlight into electricity," engineer Pier Carlo Cuscianna said.The integrated PV cells will provide enough electrical power to provide illumination and temperature control for the auditorium. When not in use, excess power will be fed into the Vatican's grid.
via Discovery.com
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written by Mohammed Raei, July 02, 2007
It would be cool if the religious headquarters for Islam, Orthodox Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, etc followed suit.
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