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On Nov 10, 2005, at 5:27 AM, Eric Siegel (optonline) wrote:
>
> Its called a heliostat.  I saw an amazing example in battery park  
> city in lower manhattan.  They are building a new residential  
> building that is U shaped with the opening of the U facing north.   
> So the courtyard would be quite dark and cold.  No problem...


Here's another heartwarming story - the plans of the village of  
Viganella in the Italian Alps to shatter winter's gloom by erecting a  
giant heliostat atop a mountain:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4413580.stm



Tom Nielsen

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