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"Solar cells are becoming much cheaper, giving solar design lots of new potential. We can finally move beyond the price reduction and efficiency question and develop its aesthetics and the way it is integrated," she added.

"In the future, your whole house should be a solar activator. So not only its roof but also its facade, windows and everything."

In this pursuit, materials company LafargeHolcim has developed a photovoltaic concrete facade while last year's James Dyson Award winner created a solar panel made from food waste that can be applied like a decal to windows and walls to harvest power from invisible UV light.

"I think this is quite a revolution," she argued during the live-streamed talk. "It's the first object that people can have in their home and can actually buy and [own] to have access to solar energy."

While traditional roof-mounted solar panels are restricted to homeowners and those who can afford to have them installed, Sunne was designed to be accessible even for renters living in small urban apartments.

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