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HELIOSTATS: A REVOLUTION IN CITY PLANNING OR ALL ‘SMOKE AND MIRRORS’

By 9 December, 2015February 17th, 2021No Comments
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One Central Park heliostat and reflector installation (Source: Kennovations Pty Ltd)

Beginning with Central Park in central Sydney, heliostats took a further step in 2015 with their emergence as a planning tool on the Rhodes Peninsula in Sydney’s west. Will heliostats become key to delivering liveability in dense urban areas, or are they just a passing fad?

PDF of article published in the Newplanner, December 2015

by David Appleby, Associate Director – Urban Design, Conybeare Morrison (CM+)

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