Prof. Krishne Gowda, honorary director of the School of Planning and Architecture, University of Mysore, on Thursday said the rooftops of tall buildings are propitious for solar power generation and should be used to achieve self-sufficiency in electricity provisioning.
This will reduce dependence on thermo, nuclear and hydro electricity, he said. Speaking at a workshop on ‘Green Buildings’ here earlier this week, he welcomed the decision to harness solar energy from the rooftops of metro stations in Bengaluru.
“If the public buildings start producing solar power, even privately developed tall buildings can be persuaded to do so,” Prof. Gowda said.
Decentralised production
He said more and more buildings are sure to come up in small and big towns as well as cities. and these buildings would, in due course, contribute to decentralised production of electricity
