Here’s an interpretation of the
haiku on the painting of Lake O’Hara, above.
Line 1:
Storable power: energy storage systems convert electricity into a storable form
of energy and release the energy back as electricity at a later time. Storage
technologies under study include pumped-storage hydropower, compressed air
systems that can spin a turbine, and utility-scale batteries.
Line 2:
Net zero-ready building: designing building to be very energy efficient with
the appropriate infrastructure to handle an on site power when the price of onsite
generation (from photovoltaics for example) and storage comes down
Line 3:
This is synergy: creation of a whole that is greater than the simple sum of its
parts.
