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Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

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king out the solar hotel

18/03/2017 GMT

Checking out the Solar Hotel

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How China’s 'sun king' dreamed of cities built of solar panels

How China’s 'sun king' dreamed of cities built of solar panels.

Could we build cities using solar panels instead of walls? That’s the dream that Huang Ming, a wealthy entrepreneur in China’s Shandong province, has had since the 1980s.  He’s become known as the ‘Sun King’ after building a vast solar park, including a showcase hotel, to prove a new kind of solar architecture is possible.  So why hasn’t it caught on?  We check into a room in the solar hotel and examine the vision and sometimes unfulfilled dreams of solar architecture in China.
Plus, why do bins in Copenhagen have shelves built into them?  Clue: it helps the city’s poorest people

(Photo: Huang Ming and his solar hotel)

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