NOVELTY - The apparatus has a contoured cover glazing for enclosing a 3-dimensional porous metal absorber plate and comprising an entrance and an exit for working fluid to enter and exit the apparatus. The contoured cover glazing guides the working fluid in an alternating fashion of working fluid flow on top of and through depth (4) of the porous metal absorber plate to bottom of and through depth of the porous metal absorber plate along an absorber plate axis selected from a list of length axis and width axis, where the depth of porous metal absorber plate is approximately 1 mm to 100 mm.    USE - Solar thermal or electric energy collection apparatus for thermal or electric energy applications. Uses include but are not limited to hot water heating energy applications, space heating applications, aquaculture applications and industrial production processes.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus is designed such that the working fluid can be guided throughout the porous metal absorber plate in an alternating flow pattern with the contoured cover glazing to extract solar energy at high efficiency with greater volume of the working fluid while reducing flow resistance and using solar thermal energy harvest and solar photovoltaic energy harvest in the porous metal absorber plate to maximize the solar energy for a wide variety of uses. The apparatus uses temperature higher than ambient air temperature from a location such that additional thermal energy can be harvested to improve economic control of the apparatus. The porous metal absorber plate can have appropriate materials coated onto or incorporated into metal strands so as to destroy or reduce concentration of toxins or nitrogen oxides when flue gas is used as the working fluid to enhance flue gas performance for growing global populations competing for the earth's limited resources. The apparatus can be utilized as a wall or roof for a structure to provide protection and privacy from the outdoors. The apparatus ensures that flow direction of cold water in pipes can be counter-current to flow of working fluid produced by solar energy collector units for enabling better heat exchange efficiency. The porous metal absorber plate defines high porosity for the apparatus so as to ensure performance benefits of utility with very little metal mass. The apparatus can enhance multi-functionality purposes or combined effects of air pollution reduction and solar energy harvest inside the collector units.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The working fluid is selected from a group consisting of ambient air, air from attic, air from a boiler room, air from a kitchen, air from a laundry room, flue gas exhaust from a gas water heater and flue gas exhaust from a gas boiler.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a top and side perspective view of a 3-dimensional porous metal absorber plate.    Metal strand (1)    Singular 3-dimensional object (3)    Depth of porous metal absorber plate (4)    Width of porous metal absorber plate (5)    Length of porous metal absorber plate (6)