Really cool news in the world of developing sustainable technologies. The concept outlined in the blog post "Making Green Houses Pull Double Duty" has turned out to be an actual avenue of research. Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have indicated that not only can greenhouses have a semitransparent solar panel on their exterior to produce electricity, the plants growing inside consume less water than their counter parts (not something suggested in the original post, just very exciting) To learn more please go to this article on New Atlas or the UC Santa Cruz page.
also really grateful to know that the color for this paneling would be magenta, nice to know.
It would be fun to imagine a future where smart glass panels allow for the growth of plants, control climate, produce power, and help to regulate the local temperature. One question I have is can we make a smart glass that normally promotes plant growth, read magenta, but when needed turns optically transparent so to be more comfortable for people to hangout.
