The school with the largest solar facade in the world

The Copenhagen International School's new building is covered by 12,000 colored solar panels based on a technology developed at EPFL. It is one of the largest building-integrated solar power plants in Denmark. The 12,000 colored solar panels really make the Copenhagen International School's new building stand out. They completely cover the building and will provide it with 300 MWh of electricity per year, meeting over half of the school's energy needs. The panels are a distinctive sea green, yet no pigments were used to make them. The color comes from a process of light interference developed over a number of years in EPFL labs. Light interference is one way of producing color.
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