Posts tagged "SunFlowers"

Austin's Solar Sunflowers

Posted by Jim - March 22, 2010 - Alternative Energy, Civil and Infrastructure Lighting, Environmentally Friendly Design, green, Jim's Travels, Just Plain AWESOME., Light and Photography, Lighting and the Environment, Lighting for Enjoyment!

A while ago I wrote about the Solar Sunflowers that are installed on the rear end of a retail park in Austin. They're large beautiful structures that you can see on I-35 as you drive by a certain Home Depot. Here's the aerial view: I have always wanted to see these things up close and [...]

Solar Blossoms in Austin – SunFlowers, An Electric Garden

Posted by Jim - August 27, 2009 - Alternative Energy, Architectural Lighting, Environmentally Friendly Design, Just Plain AWESOME., landscape lighting, LEDs, LEED, Lighting and the Environment, Lighting Art and Installations, Outdoor and Recreational Lighting, Solar

I've not been to Austin a lot – a few times for working and visiting – but this is the kind of project I would want to see if I lived there. Meet the SunFlowers, a photovoltaic sculpture garden that collects solar energy and turns it into night time light: A blurb from Good Mag [...]