Africa: UN Habitat Assembly Ends With Calls for Innovations to Avoid Crisis

Vamsi Gaddam tapped on a model solar-roofed house, an innovation he said would help deal with the global urban housing crisis.

"Here we have the first of its kind solar roof, wherein the solar components are infused into the roofing products, so it is one single roof which generates power," said Gaddam, managing director of Visaka Industries in India. "And the life of the roof itself is 50 years and the solar part of it is 25 years, so we are outlasting the life of a general solar panel, whereby a roof makes more sense for you in the long run."

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