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Re:Google is buying Chelsea Market building for over $2B by lobster_johnson on Thursday February 08, 2018 @05:21PM (#16336113)
Speaking of, I passed the Google building recently, and most of the windows have two protuding panels mounted horizontally. Can be seen here [1]. Anyone know what it is? Just solar shades? Or solar panels? I don't think I've seen this before.

[1] https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7407095,-74.0017999,3a,75y,3...

Re:Google is buying Chelsea Market building for over $2B by skosch on Thursday February 08, 2018 @05:33PM (#16336192)
Just solar shades, likely – they look exactly like what my high school installed on the classroom windows many years ago, and those were purely for keeping the rooms from heating up too much in the high summer noon sun. Solar panels wouldn't make much sense, they aren't angled toward the sun's average position at all and would just shade each other out for most of the day.
Re:Google is buying Chelsea Market building for over $2B by puzzle on Thursday February 08, 2018 @07:58PM (#16337022)
There is a telescope on the roof that tracks or is supposed to track the sun, though.