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| Cities are eating up an increasing amount of heat and electricity. In order to reduce this consumption, buildings have to become increasingly efficient and integrate more renewable energies.
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| Although the costs for solar power have come down considerably lately, photovoltaics are still unable to compete with conventional energy sources.
| Thanks to on-going research and development efforts glass products can take on ever new functions.
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