Residential tower in Edmonton, Alberta, uses colorful solar panels to turn a mural into a power source

At first look, essentially the most putting a part of the SunRise, a just lately redeveloped residential tower in Edmonton, Alberta, is the boldly coloured facade, with strips of major colour and a vigorous mural. Known as The Land We Share, the colourful panorama sketch has sparkled on the skyline since its unveiling this previous summer time.

However the mural is excess of a fairly image. Coated on all sides in a form of coloured photo voltaic panel referred to as BIPV made by Canadian agency Mitrex, the mural and the remainder of the construction generate roughly 267 kilowatt hours, sufficient to chop the constructing’s carbon emissions in half.