The future of solar-powered houses is clear

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Professor John Bell with a pane of the solar cell glass. Credit: QUTErika Fish
Professor John Bell with a pane of the solar cell glass. Credit: QUT/Erika Fish

The future of solar-powered houses is clear. People could live in glass houses and look at the world through rose-tinted windows while reducing their carbon emissions by 50 percent thanks to QUT Institute of Sustainable Resources research.


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