Gemini house
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The Gemini house is a prototype design for a house that uses solar energy and efficient design.
Roland Mösl
created the concept in Autumn 1991. The name expresses a design goal: that the real estate on which the house stands will be used simultaneously for two purposes. It should not be possible to build a better house on the same ground, and it should not be possible to build a better solar power plant either.
In 1992 - 1993 Roland Mösl
wrote a book, in German, about the project: Aufstieg zum Solarzeitalter (Advance to the solar age) and made efforts to find an investor. The plans were an expression of the most extreme solar architecture. A cylindric house would turn to follow the sun, and be equipped with up to 150m² of photovoltaic panels. Extreme thermal insulation, and heat recovery from waste air were also included.
The project won a prize at the 1993 EUREKA world innovation fair in Brussels
. But it took several years more to create a prototype. In 2001 there was a national exhibition about energy in Styria, Austria
. Because of this, the Gemini project was able to gain the funds to build the prototype as the main attraction of this exhibition.
The prototype was built in Weiz
, a small town north of Graz
in Austria
. It was the first energy plus house (self-sufficient, and sometimes more) in Austria.
Roland Mösl
Roland Mösl
Roland Mösl, born July 9th 1958 in Innsbruck, Austria.He invented 1991 the Gemini house and founded PEGE.org - Planetary Engineering Group Earth.He was awarded for this project at the EUREKA world innovation fair in Brussels 1993...
created the concept in Autumn 1991. The name expresses a design goal: that the real estate on which the house stands will be used simultaneously for two purposes. It should not be possible to build a better house on the same ground, and it should not be possible to build a better solar power plant either.
In 1992 - 1993 Roland Mösl
Roland Mösl
Roland Mösl, born July 9th 1958 in Innsbruck, Austria.He invented 1991 the Gemini house and founded PEGE.org - Planetary Engineering Group Earth.He was awarded for this project at the EUREKA world innovation fair in Brussels 1993...
wrote a book, in German, about the project: Aufstieg zum Solarzeitalter (Advance to the solar age) and made efforts to find an investor. The plans were an expression of the most extreme solar architecture. A cylindric house would turn to follow the sun, and be equipped with up to 150m² of photovoltaic panels. Extreme thermal insulation, and heat recovery from waste air were also included.
The project won a prize at the 1993 EUREKA world innovation fair in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
. But it took several years more to create a prototype. In 2001 there was a national exhibition about energy in Styria, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. Because of this, the Gemini project was able to gain the funds to build the prototype as the main attraction of this exhibition.
The prototype was built in Weiz
Weiz
Weiz is a small town of 9,445 inhabitants in the eastern part of Styria, Austria.Its partner city is Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland...
, a small town north of Graz
Graz
The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. It was the first energy plus house (self-sufficient, and sometimes more) in Austria.