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The Sun Kingby david feige | photography by jake curtisJosef Király’s solar homes aren’t just visually pleasing—they’re energy-efficient wonders.A smiling man with a thick walrus mustache gazes out at the Tyrolean Alps. He’s wearing black pants, snakeskin boots, and a corduroy jacket the color of a ripe pumpkin. It’s a perfect day in Austria, and the morning sun glints off the craggy peaks that surround the mountain town of Innsbruck. Less than 50 miles from where he stands, nestled in the verdant valleys below, you can find the man’s handiwork: several of the most architecturally innovative solar homes› ever built. The man who designed them is Josef Király. Although he’s famous in Austria, Király, 58, is nearly unknown outside Central Europe—a surprise given that his solar houses are visual and technical masterpieces. Most solar homes use photovoltaic cells›, the large exterior solar panels often seen on rooftops, to convert solar radiation into an electric charge. Király’s low-energy houses efficiently bypass the photovoltaic middleman: The buildings themselves are enormous energy collectors, absorbing and storing the sun’s rays to warm the interior, heat the water, and in several instances keep the pool just right. How is such a thing possible?  Read more at Lexus Magazine Interactive. |
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Arch. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Josef Király - Sonnenhaus- Passivhaus - Niedrigenergiehaus - 6073 Sistrans - Tirol - Österreich - Tel: 0043 512 378 122 - E-mail:
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