Quality Matters - 08/04/2008 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
Leverage Your NHQ Certification with Insurers and Builder Clients
Streamlining
Survey Findings Reveal Changes in Builder Business Ops, Promotion, New Product Purchases
IAS Board of Directors Wowed by NAHB Research Center Facility
Shining Light on Latest in High-Tech Solar Panels
Quality Matters to Me
National Housing Quality Program Welcomes Newly-Certified Trades, Suppliers

Shining Light on Latest in High-Tech Solar Panels

The latest in photovoltaics is a new high-tech system that uses solar energy to reduce dangerous emissions to the environment...

According to an article in Science Daily, “Photovoltaic panels have a new design: concentric circles that focus the sun's rays on miniaturized modules. Having the panels automatically sense sunlight and turn towards it, also makes these high-tech solar cells more efficient.”

Photovoltaic technology is becoming more popular everyday. There is a new high-tech system that uses the sun’s energy to reduce dangerous emissions to the environment. It contains rows of thin lenses that track the sun’s movement. Sunlight floods each lens and is focused onto a postage-stamp sized, high-tech solar cell. This system has a combined heat and power efficiency of nearly 80 percent.

Read the complete article in Science Daily to find out more on the latest technology in photovoltaic panels.